Quotes About Identity

so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.

Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.

He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

so that no one may boast in His presence.

It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”

For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?

Do you not know that you yourselves are Godís temple, and that Godís Spirit dwells in you?

Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,

and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping Godís commandments is what counts.

Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lordís freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christís slave.

You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

But the one who loves God is known by God.

Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:

A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

Doesnít nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,

but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.

And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.