24 Bible Verses about Names And Titles For The Church

the church which is his Body, filled by him who fills the universe entirely.

I am suffering now on your behalf, but I rejoice in that; I would make up the full sum of all that Christ has to suffer in my person on behalf of the church, his Body;

Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues; and he spoke to me thus, "Come, and I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb."

Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you guardians; shepherd the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his own blood.

in case I am detained, to let you see how people ought to behave within the household of God; it is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the Truth.

You have come to mount Sion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to myriads of angels in festal gathering,

from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name and nature,

be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly instead of being pressed to it, not to make a base profit from it but freely,

I have other sheep, too, which do not belong to this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice; so it will be one flock, one shepherd.

to the assembly of the first-born registered in heaven, to the God of all as judge, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

As for the secret symbol of the seven stars which you have seen in my right hand, and of the seven golden lamp stands ??the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

We work together in God's service; you are God's field to be planted, God's house to be built.

not by way of lording it over your charges but proving a pattern to the flock.

and in him you are yourselves built into this to form a habitation for God in the Spirit.

But the Jerusalem on high is free, and she is 'our' mother.

And I saw the holy City, the new Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven, all ready like a bride arrayed for her husband.

and since we have a great Priest over the house of God,

Thus you are strangers and foreigners no longer, you share the membership of the saints, you belong to God's own household,

On all who will be guided by this rule, may peace and mercy rest, even upon the Israel of God.

Let us rejoice and triumph, let us give him the glory! For now comes the marriage of the Lamb; his bride has arrayed herself,

come and, like living stones yourselves, be built into a spiritual house, to form a consecrated priesthood for the offering of those spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

In virtue of my commission from God, I laid the foundation of the house like an expert master-builder. It remains for another to build on this foundation. Whoever he is, let him be careful how he builds.

What compact can there be between God's temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God ??as God has said, I will dwell and move among them, I will be their God and they shall be my people.

They replied, "He will utterly destroy the wretches and lease the vineyard to other vinedressers who will give him the fruits in their season."