62 Bible Verses about The church

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 seven assemblies; and the seven candlesticks are seven assemblies."

and, in the midst of the candlesticks, One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girded at the breasts with a golden girdle.

because we, the many, are one bread, one body; for we all partake of the one bread.

There exists neither Jew nor Greek, there exists neither bond nor free, there exists neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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

For, as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is the Christ;

And I also say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My assembly, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the chief corner-stone;

for other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

to Whom coming, a Living Stone, rejected, indeed, by men, but with God Elect, Precious, ye yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, entered, once for all, into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption.

Take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit appointed you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the assembly, and delivered Himself up for it,

He that speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but he that prophesies edifies the assembly.

Wherefore, let him that speaks in a tongue, pray that he may interpret.

that He might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of the water in the word, that He might present to Himself the assembly, glorious, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it may be holy and without blemish.

And such were some of you; but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the assembly, and delivered Himself up for it,

And Saul was approving of his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the assembly which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the countries of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. But Saul was laying waste the assembly, entering house after house; and, dragging men and women, was committing them to prison.

For ye, brethren, became imitators of the assemblies of God, that are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because ye suffered the same things from your own countrymen, as they also did from the Jews; who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;

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

(and the more were believers being added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women);

because Thou wilt not leave My soul behind unto Hades; neither wilt Thou give Thy Holy One to see corruption.

And He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; with a view to the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ;

Now I rejoice in my sufferings in your behalf, and fill up in turn the deficiencies of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh for the sake of His body, which is the assembly;

which, indeed, is His body, the fulness of Him Who is filling all in all.

And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God which has been bestowed in the assemblies of Macedonia;

and He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as Head over all things to the assembly,

because a husband is head of the wife, as Christ also is Head of the assembly; Himself the Savior of the body.

that He might present to Himself the assembly, glorious, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it may be holy and without blemish.

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that ye might be joined to another??o Him Who was raised from the dead??hat we might bear fruit to God.

But, as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also let the women be to their husbands in everything.

for, indeed, in one Spirit were we all immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the assembly of God, and put to shame those who have them not? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.

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

And it was given to her that she should clothe herself in fine linen, bright, pure; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

to Him be the glory in the assembly, and in Christ Jesus, unto all generations of the age of the ages. Amen.

in order that now might be made known to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly places, through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

but, if I delay, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in a house of God, which, indeed, is an assembly of the living God, a pillar and basis of the truth,

The assembly in Babylon, elected with you, and Mark my son, salute you.

Take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit appointed you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

but, if I delay, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in a house of God, which, indeed, is an assembly of the living God, a pillar and basis of the truth,

because we, the many, are one bread, one body; for we all partake of the one bread.

Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover was sacrificed, even, Christ;