67 Bible Verses about Christians

and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.

Agrippa said to Paul, "In such a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?"

But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear such a name.

All who believed were together and held everything in common,

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

Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon's Portico.

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

My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.

For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, and so he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,

So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they were relating at length the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

to the saints, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you from God our Father!

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

So I threw myself down at his feet to worship him, but he said, "Do not do this! I am only a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."

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

Now in those days, when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Hebraic Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

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

They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions."

(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God's children -- and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children

The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God's children.

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

Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.

And Saul agreed completely with killing. Now on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.

Also greet the church in their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia.

He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.

From Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those temporarily residing abroad (in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, the province of Asia, and Bithynia) who are chosen

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,

So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.

From Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness,

And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) -- if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.

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

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

namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

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

You once were not a people, but now you are God's people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,