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And I tell you, that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all who heard of these things.
Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
But Saul began ravaging the church, and, entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace and was built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.
News of this reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year they met with the church and taught great numbers of people; and the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to persecute them.
So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.
Now in the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed.
When they arrived, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, reporting the conversion of the Gentiles, and they gave great joy to all the brethren.
When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,
When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.
From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church.
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he purchased with the blood of his Own.
I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea,
greet also the church that meets in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert of Asia for Christ.
Gaius, who is my host and the host of the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, our brother.
to the church of God which is at Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church.
For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?
So if you have disputes about such matters, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church?
Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,
For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? No, I will not.
And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, then those having gifts of healings, helps, administrations, and those speaking in various kinds of tongues.
Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues, unless some one interprets, so that the church may be edified.
So it is with you; since you are eager for spiritual gifts, strive to excel in building up the church.
but in the church I would rather speak five words with my mind, to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad?
But if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God.
If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.
For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the lord, with the church that is in their house.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are throughout Achaia:
For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it;
And he put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things for the church,
so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is himself the Savior.
As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
that he might present the church to himself in all her glory, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and blameless.
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,
This is a profound mystery; but I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
You yourselves also know, Philippians, that in the first preaching of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you only;
And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might have the first place in everything.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share for the sake of his body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions.
Of this church I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,
Give my greetings to the brethren at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house.
When this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you read the letter from Laodicea.
Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace and peace to you.
Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
(If a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church?).
if I am delayed, you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
If any woman who is a believer has dependent widows, she must assist them, and let not the church be burdened, so that it may assist those who are real widows.
and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
and they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say.
So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, gossiping against us with evil words. And not satisfied with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: 'These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands:
"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 'These are the words of the First and the Last, who died, and came to life:
"And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: 'These are the words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword:
"And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: 'These are the words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze:
"And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: 'These are the words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your works; you have a name of being alive, but you are dead.
"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'These are the words of him who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens:
"And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation:
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