Privileges of Saints
65 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
36 sections
- Abiding in Christ
- Access to God by Christ
- All Things Working Together for Their Good
- Being of the Household of God
- Calling Upon God in Trouble
- Committing Themselves to God
- Having God for Their: Deliverer
- Having God for Their: Father
- Having God for Their: Friend
- Having God for Their: Glory
- Having God for Their: Guide
- Having God for Their: Habitation
- Having God for Their: Helper
- Having God for Their: Keeper
- Having God for Their: King
- Having God for Their: Law-Giver
- Having God for Their: Light
- Having God for Their: Portion
- Having God for Their: Redeemer
- Having God for Their: Refuge
- Having God for Their: Salvation
- Having God for Their: Shield
- Having God for Their: Strength
- Having God for Their: Tower
- Having: Christ for Their Intercessor
- Having: Christ for Their Shepherd
- Having: The Promises of God
- Interceding for Others
- Membership with the Church of the First-Born
- Partaking of the Divine Nature
- Profiting by Chastisement
- Secure During Public Calamities
- Suffering for Christ
- The Possession of all Things
- Their Names Written in the Book Life
- Union in God and Christ
Abiding in Christ
- John 15:4–5 Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. …
Access to God by Christ
- Ephesians 3:12 In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
All Things Working Together for Their Good
- Romans 8:28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- 2 Corinthians 4:15–17 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow, to the glory of God. …
Being of the Household of God
- Ephesians 2:19 Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
Calling Upon God in Trouble
- Psalm 50:15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
Committing Themselves to God
- Psalm 31:5 Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
- Acts 7:59 While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
- 2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
Having God for Their: Deliverer
- 2 Samuel 22:2 He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
- Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Having God for Their: Father
- Deuteronomy 32:6 Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?
- Isaiah 63:16 Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
- Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
Having God for Their: Friend
- 2 Chronicles 20:7 Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?
- James 2:23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
Having God for Their: Glory
- Psalm 3:3 But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
- Isaiah 60:19 No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
Having God for Their: Guide
- Psalm 48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
- Isaiah 58:11 The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Having God for Their: Habitation
- Psalm 90:1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
- Psalm 91:9 Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—
Having God for Their: Helper
- Psalm 33:20 Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
- Hebrews 13:6 So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
Having God for Their: Keeper
- Psalm 121:4–5 Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. …
Having God for Their: King
- Psalm 5:2 Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.
- Psalm 44:4 You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
- Isaiah 44:6 Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
Having God for Their: Law-Giver
- Nehemiah 9:13–14 You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments. …
- Isaiah 33:22 For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
Having God for Their: Light
- Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- Isaiah 60:19 No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
- Micah 7:8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Having God for Their: Portion
- Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Lamentations 3:24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
Having God for Their: Redeemer
- Psalm 19:14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
- Isaiah 43:14 Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
Having God for Their: Refuge
- Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
- Psalm 46:11 The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Isaiah 25:4 For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
Having God for Their: Salvation
- Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- Isaiah 12:2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
Having God for Their: Shield
- Genesis 15:1 After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
- Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Having God for Their: Strength
- Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
Having God for Their: Tower
- 2 Samuel 22:3 My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
- Psalm 61:3 For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
Having: Christ for Their Intercessor
- Romans 8:34 Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God— and He is interceding for us.
- Hebrews 7:25 Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- 1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father — Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
Having: Christ for Their Shepherd
- Isaiah 40:11 He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
- John 10:14 I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
- John 10:16 I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
Having: The Promises of God
- 2 Corinthians 7:1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- 2 Peter 1:4 Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
Interceding for Others
- Genesis 18:23–33 Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? …
- James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
Membership with the Church of the First-Born
- Hebrews 12:23 in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
Partaking of the Divine Nature
- 2 Peter 1:4 Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
Profiting by Chastisement
- Psalm 119:67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
- Hebrews 12:10–11 Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness. …
Secure During Public Calamities
- Job 5:20 In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
- Job 5:23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
- Psalm 27:1–5 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread? …
- Psalm 91:5–10 You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, …
Suffering for Christ
- Acts 5:41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
- Philippians 1:29 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,
The Possession of all Things
- 1 Corinthians 3:21–22 Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours, …
Their Names Written in the Book Life
- Revelation 13:8 And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast — all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
- Revelation 20:15 And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Union in God and Christ
- John 17:21 that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.