'Assembly' in the Bible
And I also, I say unto thee that thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall not prevail against it.
But if he will not listen to them, tell it to the assembly; and if also he will not listen to the assembly, let him be to thee as one of the nations and a tax-gatherer.
praising God, and having favour with all the people; and the Lord added to the assembly daily those that were to be saved.
And great fear came upon all the assembly, and upon all who heard these things.
This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us;
And Saul was consenting to his being killed. And on that day there arose a great persecution against the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and all were scattered into the countries of Judaea and Samaria except the apostles.
But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into the houses one after another, and dragging off both men and women delivered them up to prison.
And the report concerning them reached the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go through as far as Antioch:
And having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
At that time Herod the king laid his hands on some of those of the assembly to do them hurt,
Peter therefore was kept in the prison; but unceasing prayer was made by the assembly to God concerning him.
Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
And having chosen them elders in each assembly, having prayed with fastings, they committed them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
And having arrived, and having brought together the assembly, they related to them all that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.
They therefore, having been set on their way by the assembly, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of those of the nations. And they caused great joy to all the brethren.
And being arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, and related all that God had wrought with them.
Then it seemed good to the apostles and to the elders, with the whole assembly, to send chosen men from among them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch, Judas called Barsabas and Silas, leading men among the brethren,
And landing at Caesarea, and having gone up and saluted the assembly, he went down to Antioch.
Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.
But if ye inquire anything concerning other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.
But from Miletus having sent to Ephesus, he called over to him the elders of the assembly.
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own.
But I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is minister of the assembly which is in Cenchrea;
and the assembly at their house. Salute Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first-fruits of Asia for Christ.
Gaius, my host and of the whole assembly, salutes you. Erastus, the steward of the city, salutes you, and the brother Quartus.
to the assembly of God which is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all that in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both theirs and ours:
For this reason I have sent to you Timotheus, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in mind of my ways as they are in Christ, according as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
If then ye have judgments as to things of this life, set those to judge who are little esteemed in the assembly.
Give no occasion to stumbling, whether to Jews, or Greeks, or the assembly of God.
For first, when ye come together in assembly, I hear there exist divisions among you, and I partly give credit to it.
Have ye not then houses for eating and drinking? or do ye despise the assembly of God, and put to shame them who have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this point I do not praise.
And God has set certain in the assembly: first, apostles; secondly, prophets; thirdly, teachers; then miraculous powers; then gifts of healings; helps; governments; kinds of tongues.
He that speaks with a tongue edifies himself; but he that prophesies edifies the assembly.
Now I desire that ye should all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy. But greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks with tongues, unless he interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.
Thus ye also, since ye are desirous of spirits, seek that ye may abound for the edification of the assembly.
but in the assembly I desire to speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
If therefore the whole assembly come together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and simple persons enter in, or unbelievers, will not they say ye are mad?
but if there be no interpreter, let him be silent in the assembly, and let him speak to himself and to God.
But if they wish to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in assembly.
For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called apostle, because I have persecuted the assembly of God.
The assemblies of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla, with the assembly in their house, salute you much in the Lord.
Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, and the brother Timotheus, to the assembly of God which is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia.
For ye have heard what was my conversation formerly in Judaism, that I excessively persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it;
and has put all things under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the assembly,
in order that now to the principalities and authorities in the heavenlies might be made known through the assembly the all-various wisdom of God,
to him be glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus unto all generations of the age of ages. Amen).
for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ is head of the assembly. He is Saviour of the body.
But even as the assembly is subjected to the Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it,
that he might present the assembly to himself glorious, having no spot, or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it might be holy and blameless.
For no one has ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as also the Christ the assembly:
This mystery is great, but I speak as to Christ, and as to the assembly.
as to zeal, persecuting the assembly; as to righteousness which is in the law, found blameless;
And know also ye, O Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I came out of Macedonia, no assembly communicated anything to me in the way of giving and receiving save ye alone;
And he is the head of the body, the assembly; who is the beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that he might have the first place in all things:
Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly;
Salute the brethren in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly which is in his house.
And when the letter has been read among you, cause that it be read also in the assembly of Laodiceans, and that ye also read that from Laodicea.
Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the assembly of Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace.
Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
(but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)
but if I delay, in order that thou mayest know how one ought to conduct oneself in God's house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.
If any believing man or woman have widows, let them impart relief to them, and let not the assembly be charged, that it may impart relief to those that are widows indeed.
and to the sister Apphia and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly which is in thine house.
saying, I will declare thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the assembly will I sing thy praises.
the universal gathering; and to the assembly of the firstborn who are registered in heaven; and to God, judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect;
Is any sick among you? let him call to him the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
(who have witnessed of thy love before the assembly,) in setting forward whom on their journey worthily of God, thou wilt do well;
I wrote something to the assembly; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, receives us not.
For this reason, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he does, babbling against us with wicked words; and not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brethren; and those who would he prevents, and casts them out of the assembly.
To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: These things says he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lamps:
And to the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: These things says the first and the last, who became dead, and lived:
And to the angel of the assembly in Pergamos write: These things says he that has the sharp two-edged sword:
And to the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: These things says the Son of God, he that has his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass:
And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he that has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
And to the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: These things saith the holy, the true; he that has the key of David, he who opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one shall open:
And to the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
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Bible Theasaurus
- Assemblage (22 instances)
- Assembly (505 instances)
- Conference (3 instances)
- Convention (1 instance)
- Exhibition (1 instance)
- Forum (3 instances)
- Gathering (102 instances)
- House (2166 instances)
- Meeting (361 instances)
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- Church Of God
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- Family First
- Going To Church
- Head As Chief
- Husband And Wife
- Letters
- Letters To Local Churches
- Love And Relationships
- Love Marriage
- Loving Your Wife
- Names And Titles For Christ
- Names And Titles For The Church
- People Sending People
- Persecution
- Serving The Church
- Taking Care Of Your Body
- The Church Universal
- The church
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