20 Bible Verses about Building Up The Church

For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ:

From whom all the body fitted together and joined together by every touch of the expenditure, according to the energy in measure of one of each part, makes the increase of the body to the building up of itself in love.

For if I also boast something more abundantly of our power, which the Lord gave us for the building up, and not for your taking down, I shall not be ashamed:

For this I write these things being absent, that being present I should not wound severely, according to the power which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for pulling down.

According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise chief-architect, I have laid the foundation, and another builds upon. And let each see how he builds upon.

So therefore, let us pursue the things of peace, and the things for the building up for one another.

So also ye, since ye are zealous of spirits, for the building up of the church seek that ye may abound.

Wherefore comfort one another, and build up one another, as also ye do.

For let each of us please the neighbor for good to the building.

Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves to you? before God in Christ we speak: and all things, beloved, for your building up.

Let not any foul word go out of your mouth, but if any good to the building of necessity, that it might give grace to them hearing.

Therefore, what is it brethren when ye come together, every one of you has a Psalms, has teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretatior. Let all things be for the building of the house.

And now I commit you, brethren, to God, and to the word of his grace, being able to build up, and give you inheritance among all the consecrated.

And concerning sacrifice to idols, we know, (for we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, and love builds the house.

And he speaking in a tongue builds himself; and he prophesying builds the church.

And he prophesying speaks to men for building the house, and entreaty, and encouragement.

And I will ye all to speak with tongues, and rather that ye prophesy; for geater he prophesying, than he speaking with tongues, unless he interpret accurately, that the church receive building up.

Being rooted and built up in him, and rendered firm in the faith, as ye were taught, abounding in it with gratitude.

For thou truly givest thanks well, but the other is not built up.

All things are lawful to me, but all are not profitable: all things are lawful to me, but all build not the house.