62 Bible Verses about The church

the conceal'd meaning of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and of the seven golden candlesticks, is this: the seven stars signify the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which you saw, signify the seven churches.

and in the midst of the seven candlesticks, one who resembled the son of man, cloathed with a garment down to the foot, and girt below the breast with a girdle of gold.

for the bread being one, as many as we are, we are one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

there is now no distinction of Jew or Greek, of bond or free, of male or female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

so we who are many, make all but one body in Christ, and every member subservient to one another.

For as the body is one, tho' it has many members, and all the members of that one body, tho' many, are one body: so also is the body of Christ.

and I tell thee likewise, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will hereafter build my church: and death shall not prevail against it.

being built upon the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, whereof Jesus Christ himself is the main stone of the angle:

for no one can lay any other foundation, than what is laid, which is, that Jesus is the Messias.

which however rejected it is by men, is the precious stone, which God has chosen: and you your selves are as so many living stones, you are the edifice, the spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, agreeable to God by Jesus Christ.

nor with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood he enter'd once for all into the holy of holys, after having obtained for us an eternal redemption.

be therefore upon your guard to secure your selves, and the whole flock over which the holy spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.

You husband, love your spouse, even as Christ loved the church, and laid down his life for her:

he that speaks in an unknown tongue, edifies himself alone: but he that expounds, edifies the church.

wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue, pray for the gift of interpretation.

to sanctify and purify her by the ablution of his word, that he himself might make her appear illustrious to his own eye, a church without spot, or any thing like a defect; so as to be holy and irreprehensible.

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

You husband, love your spouse, even as Christ loved the church, and laid down his life for her:

and Saul was accessory to his death. At that time the persecution was so violent against the church at Jerusalem, they were all dispers'd through the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles, and some devout men who carried Stephen to his burial, making great lamentation over him. as for Saul, he made havock of the Church, entring into their houses, whence he dragg'd away both men and women, to throw them into prison.

for, my brethren, you have followed the example of the christian churches in Judea; by having suffer'd the same persecutions from your own nation, as the churches have suffer'd from the Jews, the very men who have persecuted the Lord Jesus, and the prophets even to death; who have persecuted us; they who are regardless of pleasing the deity, and are enemies to all mankind;

for he was a good man, and full of the holy spirit and of faith: so that many converts were added to the church.

did not venture to approach near them. the number of those who believed in the Lord, both men and women, increas'd more and more.

because thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave, nor wilt thou give thine holy one a prey to corruption.

It is he then that made some, apostles: some, prophets: some, evangelists: and others, pastors, and teachers: thus fitly qualifying his servants for their respective offices, in order to build up the body of Christ:

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and am filling up the measure of those remaining afflictions, which in my turn I am to suffer in this life, in the cause of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:

which is his body, a work compleatly finished in all its parts.

I must acquaint you, brethren, with the contribution which the churches of Macedonia have religiously made,

for he has subjected all things to him, and constituted him supreme head of the church,

for the husband presides over his wife, as Christ presides over the church: and he it is that preserves the whole body.

that he himself might make her appear illustrious to his own eye, a church without spot, or any thing like a defect; so as to be holy and irreprehensible.

thus, my brethren, the law is become dead with respect to you by the body of Christ; that you might be subject to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

as the church then is subordinate to Christ, so let women be to their husbands upon all occasions.

for by one spirit we have all been baptized, to be form'd into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free; and have been all made to drink of one spirit.

what, have you no houses to eat and drink in? or have ye a contempt for the church of God, or is it to insult those who are in want? what shall I say to you? shall I commend such behaviour? I do not approve of it.

if any man divide the temple of God, him shall God destroy: for you, who are the temple of God, are consecrated to him.

for she was permitted to be arrayed in fine linnen, clean and white: for the fine linnen represents the virtues of the saints."

unto him be glory in the church, even by Christ Jesus, thro' all the successions of future ages. amen.

that the manifold wisdom of God, in ordering his heavenly kingdom, might by his church be now made known, to princes and magistrates,

you may know how to conduct yourself in the house of God, that is, in the church of the true God.

the church at Babylon, who are likewise Christians, and Mark my son salute you.

be therefore upon your guard to secure your selves, and the whole flock over which the holy spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.

you may know how to conduct yourself in the house of God, that is, in the church of the true God.

for the bread being one, as many as we are, we are one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new mass, since you should be without leaven. for Christ our paschal lamb has been sacrificed for us.