What Does the Bible Say About Identity?

Scripture reveals that your identity flows from being God's intentional creation, designed in His image and transformed by His grace.

Scripture on Identity

Genesis 1:27 Old Testament
"So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them."
Psalm 139:13-14 Old Testament
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well."
Ephesians 2:10 New Testament
"For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
1 Peter 2:9 New Testament
"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light."
2 Corinthians 5:17 New Testament
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"
The Bottom Line
You are not who the world says you are — you are who God says you are.
Try Today

Write down three ways God describes you from these verses, then replace one negative self-thought with His truth.

Prayer

Jesus taught us to come boldly to our Father, as He invited in Matthew 6:9.

Father, You are the God who names and creates with purpose. I confess I often look to the world or my own feelings to define who I am, forgetting that You have already declared my worth. Help me to see myself through Your eyes — as Your image-bearer, Your handiwork, Your chosen child. Root my identity so deeply in You that nothing can shake it. In Jesus' name, Amen.

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