13 Bible Verses about Each Local Church

And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it.

Now I would have you all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy: and greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.

If therefore the whole church be assembled together and all speak with tongues, and there come in men unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are mad?

He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

So also ye, since ye are zealous of spiritual gifts , seek that ye may abound unto the edifying of the church.

howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

And if they would learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church.

If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it mat relieve them that are widows indeed.

who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:

And if he refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican.