Do you feel hopeless, unworthy, guilty, full of self-sabotage or self-pity? These thoughts can be turned around by the word of God. Read these 21 Bible verses about being enough.
We fall short of the mark ourselves. The sign of holiness and justice. Scripture tells us that we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God in Romans 3:23.
If we stop there, we can be left with a sense of inequality and hopelessness. But it does not end there, for there is one who has proved himself pleasing to the Father.
There is one who walked this earth, faced the temptations we face, but He was without sin. Hebrews 4:14-16 refers to Jesus as our High Priest.
“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who was tempted in every way as we are, yet did not sin. Then let us draw near with confidence to the throne of God’s grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
When we look within ourselves, we find only sin, inequality, and despair. These thoughts often lead to feelings of worthlessness, self-doubt, self-pity, and many other unpleasant feelings.
When we look at ourselves, this is what we find. But when we look to Christ, we find the spotless Lamb of God. We see the begotten Son of God who took the sin of the world upon Himself and satisfied the penalty of sin and death. We see God’s beloved Son, with whom He is pleased.
As Christians, we no longer need to look within ourselves or to the world for external validation. We have found a new identity in Christ when we look to Him, we see ourselves more clearly.
In Christ we now stand righteous before God because the righteousness of Christ has been placed upon us. In Christ we are a new creature, and the old sin and shame we carried has passed away.
The key is “in Christ,” not in us, not in our own strength, not according to the world, but in Christ. It is where we grow and become who God created us to be and where we find our worth.
If you’re struggling with feelings of inadequacy, the truth is, we’re not. That is why we need Christ because He is enough. Through him we become sufficient, and we also become a pleasing aroma to God.
Through Christ, we each serve a purpose on this earth, and He has given us gifts that we can use to be a blessing to others and bring glory to Him.
The Bible shares many scriptures about our new identity in Christ that help us grow into who we are in Christ and find our value in who He is. Here are just a few to get you started.
21 Bible verses about being enough
1. Romans 8:1-2 – There is no condemnation in Christ
“Therefore now there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit that gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.”
2. Ephesians 2:13 – God brought us closer through Christ
“But now in Christ Jesus you, who were once far off, have come near by the blood of Christ.”
3. 2 Corinthians 3:5 – Our authority comes from God
“Not that we have the right to claim anything for ourselves, but our right comes from God.”
4. Ephesians 2:10 – We are God’s handiwork
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared beforehand for us to do.”
5. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 – In our weakness Christ’s power rests upon us
“But he told me. “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I admire weaknesses, insults, difficulties, persecutions, difficulties. Because when I’m weak, that’s when I’m strong.”
6. Ephesians 1:7 – We are redeemed through the Blood of Christ
“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of God’s grace.”
7. John 15:5 – Jesus is the vine, we are the branches
“I am the vine. you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit. apart from me you can do nothing.’
8. 1 Peter 2:9 – We are God’s special property
“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.”
9. Galatians 3:26 – In Christ we are children of God
“Therefore in Christ Jesus you are all children of God by faith.”
10. Ephesians 2:8-10 – We are saved by grace through faith
“For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared beforehand for us to do.”
11. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own. you have been bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.”
12. Genesis 1:27 – We are made in the image of God
“So God created people in his own image, in the image of God created them. male and female he created them.’
13. Philippians 4:13 – Christ strengthens us
“I can do all these things through him who gives me strength.”
14. Psalm 139:13-16 – Created fearfully and wonderfully
Because you created my inner being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are great, I know it well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was formed in a secret place, when I was woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body; All the days appointed for me were written in your book before there was one of them.”
15. 1 Corinthians 6:20 – We were bought with a price
You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.”
16. Romans 8:38-39 – Nothing can separate us from God’s love
“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor demons, nor the present, nor the future, nor any power, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation can separate us from the love of God. it is in our Lord Jesus Christ.’
17. 1 John 3:1 – We are children of God
“See what great love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God. And that’s what we are. The reason the world doesn’t know us is because it didn’t know him.”
18. 1 Corinthians 1:30-31 – Our boasting is in Christ
“It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, that is, our righteousness, holiness, and redemption. So, as it is written: “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”
19. Romans 8:16-17 – As children of God, we are heirs
“The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God. Now, if we are children, then we are heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we are partakers of his sufferings, that we may also be partakers of his glory.”
20. Romans 8:9-11 – God’s Spirit has given you life
“Yet you are not in the realm of the flesh, but in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
But if Christ is in you, though your flesh is subject to death because of sin, yet the Spirit gives life[a] because of justice.
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who lives in you.”
21. Romans 8:28-30 – God works all things together
“And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, to them that are called to be holy according to his purpose.
For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son; that he should be the firstborn among many brothers.
And whom he predestined, he also called. And whom he called, he also justified them. And whom he justified, he also glorified them.”
Looking for more encouraging posts? See below.
10 Bible verses about joy
Savor Today – A Life of Daily Gratitude
Bible verses about beauty
10 Bible verses about body image