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And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it!
And if he refuses to listen to them, tell [it] to the church. But if he refuses to listen to the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
And great fear came on the whole church and on all who heard about these [things].
And Saul was agreeing with his murder. Now there happened on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
But Saul was attempting to destroy the church. Entering {house after house}, he dragged off both men and women [and] delivered [them] to prison.
Then the church throughout all of Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being strengthened. And living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it was increasing [in numbers].
{And the report came to the attention} of the church that was in Jerusalem about them, and they sent out Barnabas as far as Antioch,
And [when he] found [him], he brought [him] to Antioch. And it happened to them also [that they] met together [for] a whole year with the church and taught a large number [of people]. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.
Now at that time, Herod the king laid hands on some of those from the church to harm [them].
Thus Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer was fervently being made to God by the church for him.
Now there were prophets and teachers in Antioch in the church that was there: Barnabas, and Simeon (who was called Niger), and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
And [when they] had appointed elders for them in every church, [after] praying with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
And [when they] arrived and called the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
So they were sent on their way by the church, [and] passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, telling in detail the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
And [when they] arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and reported all that God had done with them.
Then it seemed best to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, to send men chosen from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas--Judas who was called Barsabbas and Silas, men [who were] leaders among the brothers--
And [when he] arrived at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, [and] went down to Antioch.
And from Miletus he sent [word] to Ephesus [and] summoned the elders of the church.
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has appointed you [as] overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he obtained through the blood of his own [Son].
Now I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is also a servant of the church in Cenchrea,
also [greet] the church in their house. Greet Epenetus my dear [friend], who is {the first convert} of Asia for Christ.
Gaius, my host and [the host] of the whole church, greets you. Erastus the city treasurer greets you, and Quartus the brother.
to the church of God sanctified in Christ Jesus that is in Corinth, called [to be] saints, together with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their [Lord] and ours.
Because of this, I have sent to you Timothy, who is my dear and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.
Therefore, if you have courts with regard to ordinary matters, do you seat these despised [people] in the church?
{Give no offense} both to Jews and to Greeks and to the church of God,
For in the first place, [when you] come together as a church, I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
For do you not have houses for eating and drinking? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who do not have [anything]? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise [you]!
and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.
The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.
Now I want you all to speak with tongues, but even more that you may prophesy. The one who prophesies [is] greater than the one who speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, in order that the church may receive edification.
In this way also you, since you are zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek for the edification of the church, in order that you may abound.
but in the church I prefer to speak five words with my mind, in order that I may instruct other [people], than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Therefore, if the whole church comes together at the same [time] and all speak with tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
But if there is no interpreter, he must be silent in the church, but let him speak to himself and to God.
But if they want to learn something, 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, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
The churches of [the province of] Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you in the Lord many [times], together with the church in their house.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, together with all the saints who are in all Achaia.
For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism, that to an extraordinary degree I was persecuting the church of God, and trying to destroy it,
and he subjected all [things] under his feet and gave him [as] head over all [things] to the church,
in order that the many-sided wisdom of God might be made known now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly [places] through the church,
to him [be] the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
because [the] husband is [the] head of the wife, as also Christ [is the] head of the church (he himself [being the] Savior of the body).
But as the church is subject to Christ, thus also wives [should be subject] to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;
in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such [thing], but that she may be holy and blameless.
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ [does] the church,
(This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.)
according to zeal persecuting the church, according to the righteousness in the law being blameless.
Now you also know, Philippians, that at the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone,
and he himself is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in everything,
Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,
Greet the brothers in Laodicea, and Nympha and the church in her house.
And whenever this letter is read among you, {see to it} that it is read also among the Laodicean church, and that you also 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 to you and peace.
Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
(but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
But if I am delayed, [I am writing] in order that you may know how one must conduct oneself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.
If any believing woman has widows, she must help them, and the church must not be burdened, in order that it may help those [who are] truly widows.
and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house.
Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the elders of the church and they should pray over him, anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.
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 wants to be first [among] them, does not acknowledge us.
Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to {the deeds he is doing}, disparaging us with evil words. And not being content with these, he does not receive the brothers himself, and he hinders those wanting [to do so] and throws [them] out of the church.
"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: "This is what the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand says, the one who walks in the midst of the seven gold lampstands:
"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: "This is what the first and the last says, who was dead and came to life:
"And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: "This is what the one who has the sharp double-edged sword says:
"And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: "This is what the Son of God says, the one who has his eyes like a fiery flame and his feet like fine bronze:
"And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: "This is what the one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says: 'I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, and you are dead.
"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: "This is what the holy one, the true one, the one who has the key of David, the one who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one can open, says:
"And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "This is what the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator of God's creation, says:
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