25 Bible Verses about The Church Universal

And I on my part say to thee, that thou art Peter, a rock, and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of the underworld shall not prevail against it.

and to the church of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven; and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect;

and put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,

for the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church,he, who is the Saviour of the body.

And he is the head of the body, the church; since he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that he may be in all things preeminent;

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up instead that which is wanting of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh on behalf of his body, which is the church;

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it,

for no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ doth the church;

This mystery is a great one; but I am speaking of Christ and of the church.

Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the church of the Lord, which he purchased with his own blood.

to the intent that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly regions might be known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

God appointed some in the church to be, in the first place, apostles, in the second place, prophets, in the third place, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, those of helping and of governing, divers kinds of tongues. Are all apostles?

to him be the glory in the church in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bath of the water in the word;

that he himself might present to himself the church, glorious, having no spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.

but if I should tarry long, that thou mayst know how thou oughtest to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

And great fear came upon all the church, and upon all that heard of these things.

For I am the least of the apostles, one not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

For ye have heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism; that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and was destroying it,

as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, blameless.

But Saul ravaged the church, entering house after house, and dragging both men and women, committed them to prison.

The church therefore throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being built up, and walking in the fear of the Lord; and by the exhortation of the Holy Spirit it was greatly increased.

Peter therefore was kept guarded in prison; but earnest prayer was made by the church to God in his behalf.

What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God, and shame those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

Give no occasion of stumbling either to Jews or Greeks, or to the church of God;