New Testament Bible verses about how believers are changed, using the God’s Word Translation (GW):
Romans 12:2 (GW) “Don’t become like the people of this world. Instead, change the way you think. Then you will always be able to determine what God really wants—what is good, pleasing, and perfect.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (GW) “Whoever is a believer in Christ is a new creation. The old way of living has disappeared. A new way of living has come into existence.”
Ephesians 4:22-24 (GW) “You were taught to change the way you were living. The person you used to be will ruin you through desires that deceive you. However, you were taught to have a new attitude. You were also taught to become a new person created to be like God, with a life that truly has God’s approval and is holy.”
Galatians 2:20 (GW) “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live I live by believing in God’s Son, who loved me and took the punishment for my sins.”
Colossians 3:9-10 (GW) “Don’t lie to each other. You have gotten rid of the person you used to be and the life you used to live, and you have become a new person. This new person is continually renewed in knowledge to be like its Creator.”
Titus 3:5 (GW) “He saved us, but not because of anything we had done to gain his approval. Instead, because of his mercy he saved us through the washing in which the Holy Spirit gives us new birth and renewal.”
Philippians 1:6 (GW) “I am convinced that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it through to completion on the day of Christ Jesus.”
2 Corinthians 3:18 (GW) “As all of us reflect the Lord’s glory with faces that are not covered with veils, we are being changed into his image with ever-increasing glory. This comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”
1 Peter 1:23 (GW) “You have been born again, not from a seed that can be destroyed, but through God’s everlasting word that can’t be destroyed. That’s why Scripture says,”
1 John 3:2 (GW) “Dear friends, now we are God’s children. What we will be isn’t completely clear yet. We do know that when Christ appears, we will be like him because we will see him as he is.”
Romans 6:4 (GW) “When we were baptized into his death, we were placed into the tomb with him. As Christ was brought back from death to life by the glorious power of the Father, so we too should live a new kind of life.”
Ephesians 2:10 (GW) “God has made us what we are. He has created us in Christ Jesus to live lives filled with good works that he has prepared for us to do.”
1 Thessalonians 5:23 (GW) “May the God who gives peace make you holy in every way. May he keep your whole being—spirit, soul, and body—blameless when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.”
These verses highlight the transformative power of the Holy Spirit and the new life that believers have in Christ, emphasizing the importance of living a life that reflects God’s will and purpose.
