I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this Rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to hear the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

Great fear came on the whole church, and on all who heard these things.

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the church which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

But Saul ravaged the church, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison.

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

The report concerning them came to the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem. They sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch,

When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

Now about that time, Herod the king stretched out his hands to oppress some of the church.

Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the church to God for him.

Now in the church that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

When they had appointed elders for them in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

When they had arrived, and had gathered the church together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

They, being sent on their way by the church, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.

When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.

When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to Antioch.

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the church.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he purchased with his own blood.

I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae,

Greet the church that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Asia to Christ.

Gaius, my host and host of the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.

to the church of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.

If then, you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the church?

Give no occasions for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God;

For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

What, do you not have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's church, and put them to shame who do not have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

God has set some in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

He who speaks in another language edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.

Now I desire to have you all speak with other languages, but rather that you would prophesy, and he is greater who prophesies than he who speaks with other languages, unless he interprets, that the church may be built up.

So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the church.

However in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.

If therefore the whole church is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won't they say that you are crazy?

But if there is no interpreter, let him 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 chatter in the church.

For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, together with the church that is in their house.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I severely persecuted the church of God, and tried to destroy it.

He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the church,

to the intent that now through the church the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places,

to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the savior of the body.

But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

that he might present the church to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also does the church;

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the church.

concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

You yourselves also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning of the Good News, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you only.

He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;

Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church that is in her house.

When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that you also 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 to you and peace.

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:

(but if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

If any woman who believes has widows, let her assist them, and do not let the church be burdened; that it might help those widows who are truly in need.

and to Apphia our sister, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:

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,

They have testified about your love before the church. You will do well to send them forward on their journey 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.

Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the church.

"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: "He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things:

"To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: "The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:

"To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: "He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:

"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: "The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:

"And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: "He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: "I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: "These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens:

"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God's creation, says these things:

the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. The seven lampstands are seven churches.

He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ greet you.

Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the churches.

But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God's churches.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

let the women keep silent in the churches, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the Law also says.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the churches of Galatia, you do likewise.

Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia;

We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News is known through all the churches.

Not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the churches, the glory of Christ.

Therefore show the proof of your love to them in front of the churches, and of our boasting on your behalf.

I robbed other churches, taking wages from them that I might serve you.

Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the churches.

For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the churches, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.

and all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:

I was still unknown by face to the churches of Judea which were in Christ,

For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;

so that we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

John, to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;

saying, "What you see, write on a scroll and send to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes won't be harmed by the second death.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.

I will kill her children with Death, and all the churches will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.