59 Bible Verses about The church

and the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven golden candlesticks are the seven churches.

and in the midst of the candlesticks one like the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to his feet, and girded about the breast with a golden girdle.

Because we, being many, are one bread, one body: for we all partake of one bread.

There is no longer Jew nor Greek, nor bond nor free, nor male and female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and members one of another.

And I say to thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my Church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone,

For other foundation no one is able to lay beside the one which is laid, who is Jesus Christ.

Unto whom going forth, to a living stone, indeed rejected by men, but elect with God, precious, and you, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, into a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, acceptable unto God through Jesus Christ.

neither through the blood of goats and bullocks, but through his own blood, came once into the holies, having found eternal redemption.

Take heed to yourselves, and all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost has placed you shepherds, to shepherdise the church of God, which He bought with His own blood.

Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her;

The one speaking with a tongue edifies himself; but the one prophesying edifies the church.

Therefore let the one speaking with a tongue, pray that one may interpret.

in order that he might sanctify her, having purified her by the washing of water through the word, in order that he might present to himself the glorious church, having not spot or wrinkle or any of such things; but that she might be holy and blameless.

And such were some of you: but you have washed, but you have been sanctified, but you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Spirit of our God.

Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her;

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there was a great persecution in that day against the church in Jerusalem: and all were dispersed abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. And godly men buried Stephen, and made great mourning over him. But Saul was laying waste the church, entering into the houses, and arresting men and women, he committed them to prison.

For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Jesus Christ: because you suffered the same things from your fellow tribes, as they also from the Jews; who even killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us, and are displeasing to God, and hostile to all men;

because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and faith. And a great multitude was added to the Lord.

but believers were the more added to the Lord, a multitude both of men and women,

because thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

And he gave some, apostles; some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; unto the perfection of the saints, in the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of Christ:

Now I rejoice in sufferings in your behalf, and am filling up the residue of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh in behalf of his body, which is the church;

which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all things in all.

But, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia;

and has subordinated all things beneath his feet, and given him to be head over all things to the church,

because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is also the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

in order that he might present to himself the glorious church, having not spot or wrinkle or any of such things; but that she might be holy and blameless.

So, my brethren, ye are dead to the law through the body of Christ, that ye should be married to another, to him who is risen from the dead, in order that we may bring forth fruit unto God.

But as the church is submissive to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in everything.

For have you not houses in which to eat and to drink? or do you cast contempt on the church of God, and shame those not having? What do I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

If any one destroys the temple of God, him will God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which ye are.

And it was given unto her that she should be clothed in linen, bright and clean. For the linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

but if I tarry, in order that you may know how it behooves you to deport yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

The elect sister who is in Babylon, and my son Mark, salute you.

Take heed to yourselves, and all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost has placed you shepherds, to shepherdise the church of God, which He bought with His own blood.

but if I tarry, in order that you may know how it behooves you to deport yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Because we, being many, are one bread, one body: for we all partake of one bread.

Cleanse away the old leaven, in order that you may be a new lump, as you are free from leaven; for Christ has truly become our Passover.