Christians

The use of the term

Disciples first called Christians

Acts 11:26 NLT

When he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. Both of them stayed there with the church for a full year, teaching large crowds of people. (It was at Antioch that the believers were first called Christians.)

Agrippa not persuaded

Acts 26:28 NLT

Agrippa interrupted him. “Do you think you can persuade me to become a Christian so quickly?”

Suffering as a Christian

1 Peter 4:16 NLT

But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his name!

Other biblical designations of Christians

Christians described as believers

Acts 2:44 NLT

And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had.

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Christians described as brothers

Hebrews 2:11 NLT

So now Jesus and the ones he makes holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.

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Christians described as disciples

Matthew 28:19 NLT

Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

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Christians described as children of God

1 John 3:1 NLT

See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.

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Christians described as the church

Acts 12:5 NLT

But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him.

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Christians described as the elect

1 Peter 1:1 NLT

This letter is from Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ. I am writing to God’s chosen people who are living as foreigners in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.

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Christians described as heirs of God

Romans 8:17 NLT

And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.

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Christians described as members of God’s household

Ephesians 2:19 NLT

So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.

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Christians described as the people of God

1 Peter 2:10 NLT

“Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.”

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Christians described as saints

Romans 1:7 NLT

I am writing to all of you in Rome who are loved by God and are called to be his own holy people. May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

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