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Salvation / In Christ
Every spiritual blessing is in Christ. In Him believers have redemption and forgiveness, become new creatures, receive sonship, and share the hope of eternal life. Romans 6 and Galatians 3 explicitly connect baptism with entering union with Christ and putting on Christ.
Key KJV Scriptures:
Ephesians 1:3-7; Romans 6:3-7; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 3:26-29; Colossians 1:13-14
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
17 indexed verses · Showing 1–17. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Romans 6:3 (KJV)
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Romans 6:4 (KJV)
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:5 (KJV)
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Romans 6:6 (KJV)
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Romans 6:7 (KJV)
For he that is dead is freed from sin.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Galatians 3:26 (KJV)
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:27 (KJV)
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Galatians 3:28 (KJV)
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:29 (KJV)
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Ephesians 1:3 (KJV)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Ephesians 1:4 (KJV)
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Ephesians 1:5 (KJV)
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Ephesians 1:6 (KJV)
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Ephesians 1:7 (KJV)
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Colossians 1:13 (KJV)
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Colossians 1:14 (KJV)
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: