You are a new creation in Christ, having life and godliness, and sharing in God’s nature.

“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation [ktisis].” (Gal 6:15)

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation [ktisis]; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” (2Cor 5:21)

“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” (Gal 2:20)

“For we are His workmanship [poiema], created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” (Eph 2:10)

“as His divine power [theios dunamis] has given to us all things that pertain [pros] to life and godliness [eusegeia], through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue” (2Pet 1:3)

“by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers [koinonos] of the divine nature [theios phusis], having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust [epithumia]” (2Pet 1:4)

“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound…Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” (Rom 6:1,4)

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” (Ezek 36:26)

“Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh” (Ezek 11:19)

“who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” (2Cor 3:6)

“[that you may know] what is the exceeding greatness [huperballo megethos] of His power [dunamis] toward us who believe, according to the working [energeia] of His mighty power [ischus kratos] which He worked [energeo] in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places” (Eph 1:19,20)

“Now to Him who is able [dunamai] to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power [energeo] that works in us” (Eph 3:20)

Reading: Jer 49-51; Gal 6