63 Bible Verses about The church
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And ye are the body of Christ, and members by parts.
For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, is one body: so also is Christ.
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that he might be the first in all
So we, the many, are one body in Christ, and the members for one another.
For God is not of unsteadiness, but of peace, as in all the churches of the holy ones.
Built upon the foundation of the sent, and of the prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner stone;
For the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
And whom truly God set in the church, first the sent, second the prophets, third teachers, then powers, then graces of healings, helps, directions, kinds of tongues.
Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it;
To the church of God being in Corinth, to the consecrated in Christ Jesus, to the Called holy ones, with all calling upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
Attend therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you inspectors, to feed the church of God, which he acquired by his own blood.
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it be holy and blameless.
For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ:
If any one destroy the temple of God, him will God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which ye are.
Let your women be silent in the churches: for it has not been committed to them to speak; but to be subjected, as also says the law.
And ye yourselves are built, as living stones, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to bring up spiritual sacrifice; acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Except as God divided to each, as the Lord has called each, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.
(And if any know not to preside over his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
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.
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.
The stone the builders refused will be for the head of the corner.
And I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same, and there be no divisions in you; and ye be set in order in the same mind and in the same knowledge.
Embrace one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ embrace you.
And he speaking in a tongue builds himself; and he prophesying builds the church.
And having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it was for a whole year they were assembled together in the churches, and taught a sufficient crowd. And the disciples were Christians by divine intimation first in Antioch.
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Armies » Illustrative of » The church
Who this looking forth as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, a terror as those being furnished with banners?
And it will be great even to the army of the heavens; and it will cast to the earth from the army, and from the stars, and it will tread them down. And even to the chief of the army was he magnified, and from him the continuance was lifted up, and the foundation of his holy place was cast down. And an army will be given upon the continuance by transgression, and it will cast down truth to the earth; and it did and it succeeded. read more.
And I shall hear one holy one speaking, and one holy one will say to a certain one, speaking, How long the vision of the continuance, and the transgression laying waste, to be? and the holy place and the army being trodden down?
Thou art beautiful my friend, as delight; becoming as Jerusalem, a terror as those being furnished with banners.
Candlestick » Illustrative of » The church
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest upon my right hand, and the seven golden chandeliers. The seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches: and the seven chandeliers which thou sawest are the seven churches.
And in the midst of the seven chandeliers one like to the Son of man, dressed in a garment descending to the feet, and girded at the breast with a golden girdle.
The church » Unity of
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither servant nor free, there is neither male and female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
So we, the many, are one body in Christ, and the members for one another.
For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, is one body: so also is Christ.
The church » God defends
And I say to thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church; and the gates of hell shall not overcome her.
And Jehovah created upon all the foundation of mount Zion and upon all her convocation, a cloud by day, and smoke, and the shining of afire of flame by night: and upon all the glory a covering.
For thus said Jehovah, Also the captivity of the strong shall be taken, and the prey of the terrible shall escape: and I will contend with him contending with thee, and thy sons I will save.
The church » Christ, the foundation-stone of
Built upon the foundation of the sent, and of the prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner stone;
For none is able to lay another foundation above that laid, which is Jesus the Christ.
To whom approaching, a living stone, truly disapproved of by men, and chosen by God, highly valued, And ye yourselves are built, as living stones, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to bring up spiritual sacrifice; acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
The church » Extent of, predicted
And it was in the last days, the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be prepared upon the head of the mountains, and lifted up above the hills; and all nations flowed to it
Thou wert seeing even till a stone was cut out not with hands, and striking against the image upon the feet of iron and burnt clay, and breaking them in pieces. At that time were beaten small at once, the iron, the burnt clay, the brass, the silver and the gold, and they were as the chaff of the threshing-floor of summer; and the wind lifted them up and all place was not found for them: and the stone striking against the image was for a great rock, and filled all the earth.
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And I took from the foliage of the cedar, and I gave from the head; I will pluck its suckers a tender one, and I planted upon a mountain of height and heaped up. In the mountain of the height of Israel I will plant it: and it bare a branch, and it made fruit, and it was for a great cedar: and there dwelt under it all fowls of every wing; in the shadow of its branches shall they dwell. And all the trees of the field knew that I Jehovah brought low the tree of height, made high the low tree, I dried up the green tree, and I caused the dry tree to flourish: I Jehovah spake and I did.
The church » Purchased by the blood of Christ
Neither by the blood of he-goats and calves, and by his own blood he went in once for all to the holies, having found eternal deliverance.
Attend therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you inspectors, to feed the church of God, which he acquired by his own blood.
Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it;
The church » Is edified by the word
And he speaking in a tongue builds himself; and he prophesying builds the church.
Wherefore he speaking in a tongue, let, him pray that he might interpret.
The church » Sanctified and cleansed by Christ
That he might consecrate it, having cleansed by the washing of water in the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it be holy and blameless.
And these were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were consecrated, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
The church » Loved by Christ
Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it;
The church » The wicked persecute
And Saul was assenting to his murder. And in that day was a great expulsion upon the church in Jerusalem; and all were scattered up and down in the countries of Judea and Samaria, except the sent. And circumspect men interred Stephen, and made great lamentation over him. And Saul abused the church, going into houses, and drawing out men and women, delivered to prison.
For ye, brethren, were imitators of the churches of God being in Judea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things by your own race, as they also by the Jews: They also having slain the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and having driven you out; and not pleasing God, and opposite to all men;
The church » Believers continually added to, by the lord
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a crowd sufficient were added to the Lord.
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hades neither wilt thou give thy sanctified one to see corruption.
The church » God provides ministers for
And I gave to you shepherds according to my heart, and they fed you with knowledge and understanding.
And truly he gave the sent; and the prophets; and the bearers of good tidings; and the shepherds, and the teachers; For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ:
The church » The body of Christ
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
The church » The object of the grace of God
I Jehovah watched her; for the moments I will water her; lest he will review upon her, night and day I will watch her.
And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God given in the churches of Macedonia;
The church » Christ, the head of
And placed all things under his, feet, and gave him head over all things to the church,
For the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
The church » Glorious
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it be holy and blameless.
The church » Subject to Christ
Therefore, my brethren, ye also were dead to the law by the body of Christ; for you not to be to another, but to him raised from the dead, that we bring forth fruit to God.
But as the church is subjected to Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything.
The church » Saints baptized into, by one spirit
For also in one Spirit were we all immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or free; and we have all been given to drink into one Spirit.
The church » Not to be despised
For, have ye not houses for eating and drinking? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them not having? What should I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise not.
The church » Defiling of, will be punished
If any one destroy the temple of God, him will God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which ye are.
The church » Clothed in righteousness
And it was given her that she put on fine linen, pure and shining: for fine linen is the justification of the holy.
The church » Glory to be ascribed to God by
To him the glory in the church in Christ Jesus to all generations of the times of times. Amen.
The church » Displays the wisdom of God
That it might now be made known to beginnings and powers in the heavenlies by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
The church » Belongs to God
And if I delay, that thou shouldest know how thou must be occupied in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.
The church » Elect
The church » Shews forth the praises of God
An abundance of camels shall cover thee, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all they from Seba shall come: they shall lift up gold and frankincense; they shall announce good news, the praises of Jehovah.
The church » Ministers commanded to feed
Attend therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you inspectors, to feed the church of God, which he acquired by his own blood.
Palm trees » Illustrative of » The church
This thy height was like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters. I said, I will go up upon the palm tree, I will hold fast upon its branches: and now thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the odor of thy nose as apples.
spiritual Peace » Promised to » The church
For thus said Jehovah, Behold me extending peace to her as a river, and as a torrent flowing to the glory of the nations: and ye sucked, ye shall be lifted upon the side, and ye shall be caressed Upon the knees.
Pillars » Illustrative of » The church
And if I delay, that thou shouldest know how thou must be occupied in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » The church
I appointed those watching over thy walls, O Jerusalem: all the day and all the night continually they shall not be silent: ye remembering Jehovah, no stillness to you. And ye shall not give rest to him till he shall prepare, and till he shall set Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Protection » Is afforded to » The church
And he will say to him, Run, speak to this youth, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited an open country from the multitude of men and cattle in the midst of her. And I will be to her, says Jehovah, a wall of fire round about, and I will be for glory in the midst of her.
The roe » Illustrative of » The church
Thy two breasts as two fawns, twins of the roe deer feeding among the lilies.
Thy two breasts as two fawns, twins of the roe-deer.
Showbread » Illustrative of » The church
Therefore cleanse out the old leaven, that ye may be a new mixture, as ye are unleavened. For also our pascha was sacrificed for us, Christ:
Topics on The church
Adultery In The Church
1 Corinthians 5:1In general is fornication heard among you, and such fornication which is not named in the nations, for any to have his father's wife.
Affection, Of Paul For The Church
Philippians 1:8For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Arrogance, In The Church
2 Corinthians 12:20For I am afraid, lest somehow, having come, I find you not such; as I will, and I find you such as ye wish not: lest somehow, strifes, jealousies, wraths, intrigues, calumnies, whisperings, inflations, derangements:
Being Earnest For The Church
2 Corinthians 11:28-29Besides things outside, my distraction daily, the care of all the churches.
Body Of Christ, The Church
1 Corinthians 12:27And ye are the body of Christ, and members by parts.
Building Up The Church
Ephesians 4:12For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ:
Christ, The Head Of The Church
Psalm 118:22The stone the builders refused will be for the head of the corner.
Destruction Of The Church
Acts 8:3And Saul abused the church, going into houses, and drawing out men and women, delivered to prison.
Discipline Of The Church
1 Timothy 1:3As I besought thee to remain in Ephesus, going into Macedonia, that thou mightest proclaim to some not to teach another doctrine,
Disorder In The Church
1 Corinthians 14:33For God is not of unsteadiness, but of peace, as in all the churches of the holy ones.
elders, in the church
Acts 15:4And having arrived at Jerusalem they were received by the church, and the sent and elders, and they announced what God did with them.
Giving Money To The Church
2 Corinthians 9:7Each as he chooses in the heart; not of grief, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.
Glory of the The church
Haggai 2:9Great shall be the glory of this latter house above the first, said Jehovah of armies: and in this place I will give peace, says Jehovah of armies.
God's Glory In The Church
2 Corinthians 3:18And we all, shown as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, with the face uncovered, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Spirit of the Lord.
Growth Of The Church
Ephesians 4:16From 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.
Joined To The Church
Ephesians 2:21In whom all the building fitted together increases into a holy temple in the Lord:
Joy, Of The Church
Luke 2:8-11And shepherds were in the country, sleeping in the fields, and watching over their flock the watches of the night.
Love For The Church
Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it;
Many In The Church
Acts 2:41Then truly they having gladly received his word were immersed: and in that day were added about three thousand souls.
Ministry, In The Church
Acts 20:28Attend therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you inspectors, to feed the church of God, which he acquired by his own blood.
Mission, Of The Church
John 15:16Ye chose not me, but I chose you, and I have set you, that ye might retire and bear fruit, and your fruit remain: that whatever ye ask the Father in my name, he might give you.
Names And Titles For The Church
Psalm 89:7God being greatly terrible in the council of the holy ones and to be feared by all round about him.
Prayer, In The Church
Acts 1:14All these were persevering unanimously in prayer and supplication, with women, and Mary mother of Jesus, with his brethren.
Prophesying In The Church
Joel 2:28And it was after this I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters prophesied, your old men shall dream your young men shall see visions.
Role Of Women In The Church
Genesis 2:18And Jehovah God will say, It is not good for man to be alone; I will make for him a help as before him.
Teaching In The Church
Acts 5:21And having heard, they came in by morning to the temple, and taught. But the chief priest having approached, and they with him, called the council together, and all the assembly of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison for them to be brought.
The Church As The Elect
Ephesians 1:4-13As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and blameless before him in love:
The Church Scattered
Acts 8:1-3And Saul was assenting to his murder. And in that day was a great expulsion upon the church in Jerusalem; and all were scattered up and down in the countries of Judea and Samaria, except the sent.
The Church Universal
Matthew 16:18And I say to thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church; and the gates of hell shall not overcome her.
The Foundation Of The Church
1 Corinthians 3:11For none is able to lay another foundation above that laid, which is Jesus the Christ.
The Holy Spirit In The Church
1 Corinthians 12:13For also in one Spirit were we all immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or free; and we have all been given to drink into one Spirit.
Wise Men In The Church
Matthew 23:34Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, and the wise, and scribes: and of them shall ye kill and crucify; and of them shall ye chastise in your assemblies, and drive out from city to city,
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