67 Bible Verses about Christians

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.

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Are you going to persuade me to become a Christian so easily?”

But if anyone suffers as a “Christian,” he should not be ashamed but should glorify God in having that name.

Now all the believers were together and held all things in common.

Now the large group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.

Many signs and wonders were being done among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they would all meet in Solomon’s Colonnade.

Therefore, as we have opportunity, we must work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.

My brothers, do not show favoritism as you hold on to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the Emperor.

For the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers,

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.

To the saints in Christ at Colossae, who are faithful brothers.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow slave with you and your brothers who have the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

In those days, as the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.

And the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

strengthening the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, “It is necessary to pass through many troubles on our way into the kingdom of God.”

Look at how great a love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know Him.

But to all who did receive Him,
He gave them the right to be children of God,
to those who believe in His name,

The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children,

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ:

To the temporary residents dispersed in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

Unless those days were limited, no one would survive. But those days will be limited because of the elect.

What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for, but the elect did find it. The rest were hardened,

This is why I endure all things for the elect: so that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to build up the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and coheirs with Christ—seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise.

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So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

The Gentiles are coheirs, members of the same body, and partners of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives with an understanding of their weaker nature yet showing them honor as coheirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household,

Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
you had not received mercy,
but now you have received mercy.

Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,