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1 Corinthians 1:30

It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
1 Corinthians 1:30 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
  • KJV But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
  • NKJV But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—
  • NASB But it is due to Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
  • NLT God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin.

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It is God's doing that believers are in Christ, who has become their wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Christ himself is everything we need from God.

Overview

Paul declares that union with Christ is God's gift, not human achievement. In Christ believers receive true wisdom and the fourfold riches of salvation: righteousness (right standing), sanctification (holiness), and redemption (deliverance). This rich verse summarizes the gospel, showing that all the blessings the Corinthians sought elsewhere are found wholly in Christ.

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  • Eph 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
  • Phil 3:9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
  • Rom 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Cor 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
  • 1 Cor 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  • Col 1:14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
  • Eph 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
  • John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  • Jer 33:16In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
  • Jer 23:5–6Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
  • Prov 2:6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
  • Gal 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
  • Eph 1:17–18that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
  • 2 Cor 5:17–21Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
  • 2 Cor 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Gal 1:4who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
  • Rom 3:21–24But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.
  • 1 Cor 1:24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
  • Eph 1:3–4Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
  • Jas 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
  • Rev 14:4These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
  • Eph 5:26to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
  • 2 Pet 1:1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
  • Eph 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
  • Gal 5:22–24But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  • Heb 9:12He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
  • Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
  • 1 Cor 12:8To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
  • 1 Pet 1:18–19For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
  • 2 Tim 3:15–17From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Col 2:2–3that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
  • Eph 3:9–10and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
  • John 17:8For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
  • 1 Cor 12:27Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
  • Rom 4:6And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
  • Rom 5:21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 4:25He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
  • Rom 5:19For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
  • Dan 2:20and declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.
  • John 15:1–6“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

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Christ crucified is the wisdom and power of God; he is our Passover sacrificed for us, the firstfruits of resurrection, the foundation on which everything is built.

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