Live For/In Him

(A study/comparison of similar verses)

In him was life, and that life
was the light of all mankind.
John 1:4

 

...for in Him we live and move and
have our being, as also some of your
own poets have said, ‘For we
are also His offspring.’
Acts 17:28

 

...just as He chose us in Him before the
foundation of the world, that we should
be holy and without blame
before Him in love...
Ephesians 1:4

 

In Him we have redemption through His
blood, the forgiveness of sins, according
to the riches of His grace...
Ephesians 1:7

 

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as
Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted
and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as
you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Colossians 2:6-7

 

But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made
complete in them. This is how we know we are in him...
1 John 2:5

 

And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he
appears we may be confident and unashamed
before him at his coming.
1 John 2:28