Christlike attributes are gifts from God. The most important means of growth in being a victorious Christian is studying the Bible and applying the truth you learn in personal living. As we become more Christlike, we become more able to radiate gospel light to others. As we emulate the Savior, our actions and words encourage others to take upon them the name of Jesus Christ.
To help you develop Christlike attributes that please God and make you a winsome Christian, here is a list of fifty-two personality traits for you to study. Each is briefly defined and supported with a Scripture text you will want to memorize.
Relate each trait to your life. Cultivate it by planning how to express it. Try to create a project that will involve the trait; for example, to exercise thankfulness, and give thanks to God aloud when possible — for each blessing as it comes to you.
Christlike Attributes With Scriptures
- Accurate — Being careful to do each job correctly and precisely — “For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.” Philippians 2:20
- Adaptable — Able to make changes as may be required — “To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might, by all means, save some.” I Corinthians 9:22
- Alert — Christlike attribute is keeping ready at all times — Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.” Mark 13:33
- Brave — This Christlike attribute help you face each day without fear — “Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” Deuteronomy 31:6
- Clean — This Christlike attribute help in maintaining a clean body and mind — “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.” Hebrews 10:22
- Confident — This Christlike attribute help you to be sure that God can keep you. Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day Of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6
- Consistent — With this Christlike attribute you will live each day without » losing faith — “That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.” Ephesians 4:14
- Content — That is, to be satisfied with the goodness of God — “But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.” I Timothy 6:6-8
- Decisive — This Christlike attribute help you hold unto what is right without wavering” Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)” Hebrews 10:23
- Dependable — This Christlike attribute help you carry out what was promised — ‘And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:27
- Discerning — This Christlike attribute help you decide what to do according to the will of God — “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12
- Earnest — Doing everything with your whole heart — “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.” Colossians 3:23
- Flexible — This Christlike attribute helps you to relate to each circumstance so as to bring glory to God — “And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” Colossians 3:17
- Forbearing — Remembering that other people have problems like yours— “Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another if any man has a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.” Colossians 3:13
- Forgiving — This Christlike attribute help to have a willingness to forgive the wrong done to you- — “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32
- Friendly — Treating other people like you want to be treated — “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” Proverbs 18:24
- Generous — This Christlike attribute help to be willing to share with others what God has shared with me — “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” Luke 6:38
- Holy — This Christlike attribute set you apart from the world for God’s use — “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” Romans 12:1
- Honest — Working and speaking only that which is true — “Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.” Romans 12:17
- Hopeful — Happily looking for better things in the future — ’And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.” II Corinthians 1:7
- Humble — Remembering God made you; giving God credit for your abilities — “Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.” I Peter 5:5, 6
- Interested– — This Christlike attribute help you pay attention to the thing at hand — “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:15, 16
- Joyful — Seeing the blessings of life in Jesus” Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say, rejoice.” Philippians 4:4
- Kind — Considering other people in a friendly way” Put on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering.” Colossians 3:12
- Loving — Responding to other people in the same way God responded to me — “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” John 3:16
- Loyal — Remaining true to my commitment to the Lord — “Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God.” Colossians 3:22
- Mannerly — Being courteous in all personal relations — “Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous.” I Peter 3:8
- Neat — This Christlike attribute helps you keep your appearance and habits in a becoming way — “Let all things be done decently and in order.” I Corinthians 14:40
- Obedient — Always being careful to do as I am asked; to follow instructions — “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” James 1:22
- Orderly — Developing a pattern of doing things the best way — “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.” I Corinthians 14:33
- Patient — Being understanding when things don’t go right- — “Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness.” Colossians 1:11
- Prompt — Doing things when they should be done, at the right time — “I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments,” Psalm 119:60
- Pure — This Christlike attribute ensure you keep your mind and life free from sinful thoughts and deeds — ‘Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled.” Titus 1:15
- Quiet — Going about your work without drawing attention to yourself — “And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business. and to work with your own hands, as tt we commanded you.” I Thessalonians
- Respectful — Responding in honor and love to those God is using to help me — “Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.” I Peter 2:7
- Responsible — Carrying out your tasks without excuses — “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” Luke 16:10
- Reverent — Being aware that I am always in the presence of the Holy God — “God is great to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of ail them that are about him.” Psalm 89:7
- Sensible — Keeping my conduct within reason and avoiding excesses — “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according to as God hath dealt with every man the measure of faith.” Romans 12:3
- Sensitive — Maintaining a good conscience to keep me from wrong — “Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.” I Timothy 1:5
- Sincere — Being the same in private as in public “That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ.” Philippians 1:10
- Strong — Drawing strength from the Lord to face any situation — “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.” Ephesians 6:10
- Temperate — Using good things without excess and avoiding harmful habits — “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.” 1 Corinthians 6:12
- Thankful — Constantly expressing thanks to God for His goodness — “In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18
- Thrifty — This Christlike attribute help you make wise use of the things the Lord has given to you — “Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.” Isaiah 55:2
- Tolerant — Remembering my faults when others fail — “Do you look at things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so, are we Christ’s.” 2 Corinthians 10:7
- Understanding — Trying to see each situation from the other person’s position — “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.” Philippians 2:4.
- Useful — Filling the needs you see around you “Bear ye one another burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2
- Victorious — Winning in the conflict through Jesus — “Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” Ephesians 6:13
- Vigorous– — Living with a vibrant spirit — “Not slothful in business fervent in spirit; serving the LORD; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.” Romans 12:11, 12
- Willing — Ready to do my work with joy — “Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.” Ephesians 4:28
- Yielded — Being ready to follow Jesus wherever He leads — “And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny hi y himself, and his cross, and follow me.” Mark 8:34
- Zealous — This Christlike attribute helps you hold on to the good without letting go~. But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you; Galatians 4:18