1 Corinthians 11:22
For have ye no houses to eat and to drink in? Or do ye disparage the church of God, and humiliate those not having? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.
1 Corinthians 10:32
Become ye inoffensive both to Jews and to Greeks, and to the church of God,
Proverbs 17:5
He who mocks a poor man reproaches his maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit placed you guardians, to tend the church of the Lord and God, which he purchased by his own blood.
1 Corinthians 11:2
Now I praise you, brothers, that ye remember me in all things and keep the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.
1 Corinthians 11:17
Now in this that is commanded, I do not praise you, because ye do not assemble for the better but for the worse.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
1 Timothy 3:5
(but if any man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of a congregation of God?),
1 Timothy 3:15
but if I delay, that thou may know how it is necessary to live in a house of God, which is a congregation of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
James 2:5-6
Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?