And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it.

If he pays no attention to them, tell the church. But if he doesn’t pay attention even to the church, let him be like an unbeliever and a tax collector to you.

Then great fear came on the whole church and on all who heard these things.

Saul agreed with putting him to death.

On that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria.

Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.

So the church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, being built up and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, and it increased in numbers.

Then the report about them was heard by the church that was at Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel as far as Antioch.

and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

About that time King Herod cruelly attacked some who belonged to the church,

So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was being made earnestly to God for him by the church.

In the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

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

After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

When they had been sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, explaining in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they created great joy among all the brothers.

When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.

On landing at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church and went down to Antioch.

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

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock that the Holy Spirit has appointed you to as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

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

Greet also the church that meets in their home.
Greet my dear friend Epaenetus, who is the first convert to Christ from Asia.

Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus greet you.

To God’s church at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus and called as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord—both their Lord and ours.

This is why I have sent Timothy to you. He is my dearly loved and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you about my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

So if you have cases pertaining to this life, do you select those who have no standing in the church to judge?

Give no offense to the Jews or the Greeks or the church of God,

For to begin with, I hear that when you come together as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

Don’t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you look down on the church of God and embarrass those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you for this!

And God has placed these in the church:

first apostles, second prophets,
third teachers, next miracles,
then gifts of healing, helping,
managing, various kinds of languages.

The person who speaks in another language builds himself up, but he who prophesies builds up the church.

I wish all of you spoke in other languages, but even more that you prophesied. The person who prophesies is greater than the person who speaks in languages, unless he interprets so that the church may be built up.

So also you—since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in building up the church.

yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, in order to teach others also, than 10,000 words in another language.

Therefore, if the whole church assembles together and all are speaking in other languages and people who are uninformed or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?

But if there is no interpreter, that person should keep silent in the church and speak to himself and to God.

And if they want to learn something, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church meeting.

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, along with the church that meets in their home.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, and Timothy our brother:

To God’s church at Corinth, with all the saints who are throughout Achaia.

For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I persecuted God’s church to an extreme degree and tried to destroy it.

And He put everything under His feet and appointed Him as head over everything for the church,

This is so God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.

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

for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.

Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her

He did this to present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.

For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,

This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church.

regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.

And you Philippians know that in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone.

He is also the head of the body, the church;
He is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead,
so that He might come to have
first place in everything.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for His body, that is, the church.

Give my greetings to the brothers in Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her home.

When this letter has been read among you, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and see 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.

(If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)

But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to act in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

If any believing woman has widows in her family, she should help them, and the church should not be burdened, so that it can help those who are genuinely widows.

to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your home.

Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him after anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.

They have testified to your love in front of the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God,

I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have first place among them, does not receive us.

This is why, if I come, I will remind him of the works he is doing, slandering us with malicious words. And he is not satisfied with that! He not only refuses to welcome the brothers himself, but he even stops those who want to do so and expels them from the church.

“Write to the angel of the church in Ephesus:

“The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand and who walks among the seven gold lampstands says:

“Write to the angel of the church in Smyrna:

“The First and the Last, the One who was dead and came to life, says:

“Write to the angel of the church in Pergamum:

“The One who has the sharp, double-edged sword says:

“Write to the angel of the church in Thyatira:

“The Son of God, the One whose eyes are like a fiery flame and whose feet are like fine bronze, says:

“Write to the angel of the church in Sardis:

“The One who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says: I know your works; you have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead.

“Write to the angel of the church in Philadelphia:

“The Holy One, the True One, the One who has the key of David, who opens and no one will close, and closes and no one opens says:

“Write to the angel of the church in Laodicea:

“The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation says:

The secret of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven gold lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

He traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

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

who risked their own necks for my life. Not only do I thank them, but so do all the Gentile churches.

Greet one another with a holy kiss.
All the churches of Christ send you greetings.

But if anyone wants to argue about this, we have no other custom, nor do the churches of God.

since God is not a God of disorder but of peace.

As in all the churches of the saints,

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as the law also says.

Now about the collection for the saints: You should do the same as I instructed the Galatian churches.

However, each one must live his life in the situation the Lord assigned when God called him. This is what I command in all the churches.

Not to mention other things, there is the daily pressure on me: my care for all the churches.

So in what way were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I personally did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!

and all the brothers who are with me:

To the churches of Galatia.

I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches in Christ;

We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God granted to the churches of Macedonia:

We have sent with him the brother who is praised throughout the churches for his gospel ministry.

And not only that, but he was also appointed by the churches to accompany us with this gift that is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

As for Titus, he is my partner and coworker serving you; as for our brothers, they are the messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.

Therefore, show them proof before the churches of your love and of our boasting about you.

I robbed other churches by taking pay from them to minister to you.

For you, brothers, became imitators of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, since you have also suffered the same things from people of your own country, just as they did from the Jews

Therefore, we ourselves boast about you among God’s churches—about your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you endure.

“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to attest these things to you for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright Morning Star.”

John:

To the seven churches in Asia.

Grace and peace to you from the One who is, who was, and who is coming; from the seven spirits before His throne;

saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in God’s paradise.

“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. The victor will never be harmed by the second death.

“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.