Christians

The use of the term

Disciples first called Christians

Acts 11:26 NKJV

And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

Agrippa not persuaded

Acts 26:28 NKJV

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to become a Christian.”

Suffering as a Christian

1 Peter 4:16 NKJV

Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.

Other biblical designations of Christians

Christians described as believers

Acts 2:44 NKJV

Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common,

See also Ac 4:32; Ac 5:12; Ga 6:10; Jas 2:1; 1 Pe 2:17

Christians described as brothers

Hebrews 2:11 NKJV

For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

See also Ac 15:3; Col 1:2; 2 Th 2:13; Re 19:10

Christians described as disciples

Matthew 28:19 NKJV

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

See also Ac 6:1; Ac 6:7; Ac 13:52; Ac 14:22

Christians described as children of God

1 John 3:1 NKJV

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

See also Jn 1:12; Ro 8:16; Ro 8:21; Ga 3:26–4:7

Christians described as the church

Acts 12:5 NKJV

Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.

See also Ac 5:11; Ac 8:1; Ac 15:3; Ro 16:5; 2 Co 1:1; Col 1:18; Col 1:24; 1 Ti 3:15

Christians described as the elect

1 Peter 1:1 NKJV

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

See also Mt 24:22; Ro 11:7; 2 Ti 2:10; Tt 1:1

Christians described as heirs of God

Romans 8:17 NKJV

and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

See also Ga 3:29; Ga 4:7; Eph 3:6; 1 Pe 3:7

Christians described as members of God’s household

Ephesians 2:19 NKJV

Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

See also 1 Ti 3:15

Christians described as the people of God

1 Peter 2:10 NKJV

who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

See also Eph 2:19; Col 3:12; Re 21:3

Christians described as saints

Romans 1:7 NKJV

To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

See also Ro 15:25; 1 Co 6:2; 2 Co 1:1; 2 Co 13:13; Eph 1:15; Eph 1:18; 1 Ti 5:10; Jud 3