And I on my part say to thee, that thou art Peter, a rock, and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of the underworld shall not prevail against it.

And if he disregard them, tell the matter to the church; but if he disregard the church also, let him be to thee as a heathen and a publican.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were in the way of salvation.

And great fear came upon all the church, and upon all that heard of these things.

And Saul was consenting to his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and all were scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

But Saul ravaged the church, entering house after house, and dragging both men and women, committed them to prison.

The church therefore throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being built up, and walking in the fear of the Lord; and by the exhortation of the Holy Spirit it was greatly increased.

But the talk concerning them came to the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem; and they sent forth Barnabas, to go as far as Antioch;

and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that for a whole year they came together in the church, and taught a great multitude; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

Now about that time, Herod the king laid his hands upon certain of the church, to oppress them.

Peter therefore was kept guarded in prison; but earnest prayer was made by the church to God in his behalf.

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenaean, and Manaen, the fosterbrother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

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

And when they had arrived and had gathered the church together, they related what great things God had wrought with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the gentiles.

They therefore, having been sent forward by the church, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren.

And having come to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they related what great things God had wrought with them.

Then it was decided by the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among themselves, and send them to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren.

And having landed at Caesarea and gone up and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the church of the Lord, which he purchased with his own blood.

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

salute also the church that is in their house. Salute Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruit gathered from Asia for Christ.

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

to the church of God which is at Corinth, the sanctified in Christ Jesus, called, holy, with all that in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours;

For this end I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved child, and faithful in the Lord, who will put you in mind of my ways in Christ, according as I teach everywhere in every church.

If then ye have any causes relating to this life, set them to judge who are of no repute in the church.

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

For in the first place, when ye come together in assembly of the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it;

What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God, and shame those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

God appointed some in the church to be, in the first place, apostles, in the second place, prophets, in the third place, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, those of helping and of governing, divers kinds of tongues. Are all apostles?

He that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

I would that ye all spoke with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied; for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, unless he interpret, that the church may receive edification.

So also ye, since ye are eager to possess spiritual gifts, be earnest to abound in them to the edification of the church.

yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might also instruct others, than ten thousand words in an [unknown] tongue.

If therefore the whole church be assembled in one place, and all be speaking with tongues, and there come in those who are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?

But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

And if they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.

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

The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Prisca, with the church that is in their house, send you many salutations in the Lord.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy the brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth, with all the holy who are in all Achaia:

For ye have heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism; that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and was destroying it,

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

to the intent that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly regions might be known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

to him be the glory in the church in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.

for the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church,he, who is the Saviour of the body.

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

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

that he himself might present to himself the church, glorious, having no spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.

for no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ doth the church;

This mystery is a great one; but I am speaking of Christ and of the church.

as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, blameless.

And ye yourselves also know, Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I went forth from Macedonia, no church communicated with me in an account of giving and receiving, but ye only;

And he is the head of the body, the church; since he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that he may be in all things preeminent;

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up instead that which is wanting of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh on behalf of his body, which is the church;

Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church in his house.

And when the letter hath been read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that ye likewise read the letter from Laodicea.

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be to you, and peace.

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

for if a man knoweth not how to preside over his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God

but if I should tarry long, that thou mayst know how thou oughtest to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

If any man or woman that is a believer have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be burdened, that it may relieve those that are widows indeed.

and to the beloved Apphia, and to Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:

and to the 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 sick among you? let him call to him the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

The church in Babylon, chosen with you, saluteth you; and Mark, my son.

who bore witness of thy love before the church; whom if thou send forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, thou wilt do well.

I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

Wherefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words; and not content therewith, he himself doth not receive the brethren, and those that would he forbiddeth, and casteth them out of the church.

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks:

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again:

And to the angel of the church in Pergamus write: These things saith he that hath the sharp twoedged sword:

And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass:

And to the angel of the church in Sardes write: These things saith he who hath 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 church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he who is holy, he who is true, he who hath the key of David; he who openeth, and no one shall shut; and shutteth, and no one shall open:

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:

the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches; and the seven candlesticks are the seven churches.

I Jesus sent my angel to testify these things to you for the churches. I am the shoot and the offspring of David, the bright morningstar.

And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

The churches therefore were established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

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

Salute each other with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you.

But let every one continue to walk in the lot which the Lord appointed him, in the condition in which God called him. And this direction I give in all the churches.

For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; for ye also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, as they have from the Jews;

so that we ourselves glory in you among the churches of God, for your constancy and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions which ye endure;

But if any one seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the churches of God.

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

let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted them to speak, but they are to be in subjection, as also saith the Law.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, according to the directions which I gave to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye.

Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been bestowed in the churches of Macedonia;

And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise in the gospel is throughout all the churches;

and not that only, but who was also appointed by the churches as our fellowtraveler in the matter of this bounty, which is administered by us to the honor of the Lord himself, and of our ready mind;

As to Titus, he is my partner and fellowlaborer for you; as to our brethren, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.

Display to them, therefore, before the churches, the proof of your love, and of what we have boasted on your behalf.

For what is there in which ye were at disadvantage when compared with other churches, except that I myself was not a charge to you? Forgive me this wrong.

I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, in order to do you service;

Besides the other troubles, there is that which presseth upon me daily, the anxiety for all the churches.

and all the brethren that are with me, to the churches of Galatia:

and I was unknown by face to the churches of Judaea which were in Christ;

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

saying: What thou seest, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamus, and to Thyatira, and to Sardes, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.