39 Bible Verses about christianity

and after he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. Now for a whole year their meeting with the church lasted, and they taught large numbers of people. It was at Antioch too that the disciples first came to be known as "Christians."

Yes, you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

but if anyone suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed of it, but should keep on praising God for bearing this name.

By this everybody will know that you are my disciples, if you keep on showing love for one another."

And all the believers lived together and held all they had as common goods to be shared by one another.

For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of uprightness than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command committed to their trust.

Dear children, let us stop loving with words or lips alone, but let us love with actions and in truth.

In the beginning the Word existed; and the Word was face to face with God; yea, the Word was God Himself.

Then many will fall by the way, and will betray one another and hate one another.

and if Christ was not raised, the message which we preach has nothing in it; there is nothing in our faith either,

Everybody must remain in the station in which he was called.

I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you could not take it. Why, you cannot take it even now,

so we, though many, are united in one body through union with Christ, and we are individually parts of one another.

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they tried to name him Zechariah, after his father.

For if I did go crazy, it was for God's glory; and if I am keeping my head cool, it is for your good.

He must not be a new convert, or else becoming conceited he may incur the doom the devil met.

there are varieties of service, but the Lord to be served is the same;

There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope resulting from the call you have received;

So you are Christ's body, and individually parts of it.

For I am not ashamed of the good news, for it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who trusts, of the Jew first and then of the Greek.

Only you must practice living lives that are worthy of the good news, so that whether I come and see you or stay away, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, and that with one purpose you are continuing to cooperate in the fight for faith in the good news.

For none of us can live alone by himself, and none of us can die alone by himself;

For to me living means Christ and dying brings gain.

You have heard, indeed, of my former conduct as an adherent of the Jewish religion, how I kept on furiously persecuting the church of God, and tried to destroy it,

For there are many, of whom I have often told you, and now tell you in tears, who practice living as the enemies of the cross of Christ.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

So I myself, brothers, could not deal with you as spiritual persons, but as creatures of human clay, as merely baby Christians.

As it is, because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of my mouth.

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised,

For we have become a spectacle to the universe, to angels as well as men. For Christ's sake we are held as fools, while you through union with Christ are men of wisdom. We are weak; you are strong. You are held in honor; we in dishonor.

The Jews there were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message with all eagerness and carried on a daily study of the Scriptures to see if Paul's message was true.

You slaves must practice obedience to your earthly masters, with reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would obey Christ,

to all those in Rome who are God's loved ones, called to be His people: spiritual blessing and peace be yours from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ.

Remember me to every one of God's people in union with Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me wish to be remembered to you.

For what right have I to judge outsiders? Is it not for you to judge those who are inside the church,

For the slave who has been called to union with the Lord is the Lord's freedman; in the same way the freeman who has been called is a slave of Christ.

I mean this, that one of you says, "I belong to Paul's party," another, "And I belong to Apollos' party," another, "And I belong to Cephas' party," another, "And I belong to Christ's party."

The night has almost passed; the day is at hand. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.