67 Bible Verses about Christians

and found him and brought him to Antioch. The result was that for a whole year they met with the church, and taught large numbers of people, and it was at Antioch that the disciples first came to be known as Christians.

"You are in a hurry to persuade me and make a Christian of me!" Agrippa said to Paul.

but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed of it, but must do honor to God through that name.

The believers all shared everything they had with one another,

There was but one heart and soul in the multitude who had become believers, and not one of them claimed anything that belonged to him as his own, but they shared everything they had with one another.

They would all meet together in Solomon's Colonnade.

So then whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to those who belong to the family of the faith.

My brothers, do you try to combine faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with acts of partiality?

Treat everyone with respect. Love the brotherhood, be reverent to God, respect the emperor.

For both he who purifies them and they who are purified spring from one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

The church saw them off upon their journey, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria they told of the conversion of the heathen, and caused great rejoicing among all the brothers.

to the devoted and steadfast Christian brothers in Colossae; God our Father bless you and give you peace.

We always have to thank God for you, brothers whom the Lord so loves, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved through consecration by the Spirit and through faith in the truth,

I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy."

Therefore go and make disciples of all the heathen, baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit,

In those days, as the number of the disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.

But the disciples continued to be full of joy and of the holy Spirit.

reassuring the disciples and encouraging them to stand by the faith and reminding them that we have to undergo many hardships to get into the Kingdom of God.

Think what love the Father has had for us, in letting us be called God's children, for that is what we are. This is why the world does not know what we are??ecause it has never come to know him.

But to all who did receive him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God,

The Spirit itself testifies with our spirits that we are God's children,

So Peter was kept in the jail, but the church was praying earnestly to God for him.

And the whole church and all who heard this were appalled.

And Saul entirely approved of his being put to death. A great persecution of the church in Jerusalem broke out that day, and they were all scattered over Judea and Samaria except the apostles.

Remember me to my dear Epaenetus, who was the first man in Asia to turn to Christ.

Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is at Corinth, and all God's people all over Greece;

He is the head of the church, it is his body; for he is the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead??hat he might come to stand first in everything.

so that if I am delayed, you may know how we are to conduct ourselves in the household of God, for it is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who are scattered as foreigners over Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

If those days had not been cut short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of God's people those days will be cut short.

What follows? Israel failed to get what it sought, but those whom God selected got it.

For that reason I am ready to submit to anything for the sake of those whom God has chosen, so that they too may gain the salvation that comes through Christ Jesus and brings eternal glory.

Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to arouse faith in those whom God has chosen, and the comprehension of religious truth,

and if children, heirs also; heirs of God, and fellow-heirs with Christ, if we really share his sufferings in order to share his glory too.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are true descendants of Abraham and his heirs under the promise.

So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir, made so by God.

that through union with Christ Jesus the heathen are fellow-heirs with the Jews, belong to the same body and share the promise with them, through the good news

You married men also must be considerate in living with your wives. You must show deference to women as the weaker sex, sharing the gift of life with you, so that there may be nothing to interfere with your prayers.

So you are no longer foreigners or strangers, but you are fellow-citizens of God's people and members of his family.

you who were once "no people" but are now "God's people"; once "unpitied" but now "pitied indeed."

As persons chosen by God, then, consecrated and dearly loved, you must clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, forbearance.