15 Bible Verses about Church Gatherings
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For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
in the name of our Lord Jesus, when you and my spirit with you are assembled together, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
But I give you this charge, not praising you, because ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. For in the first place, when ye come together in assembly of the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it; for there must be also parties among you, that they who are approved may also become manifest among you.read more.
When ye come together then in the same place, there is no eating of the Lords supper. For, when ye eat, every one taketh before any distribution his own supper, and one is hungry, and another is drunken. What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God, and shame those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you. For I received of the Lord, what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took a loaf, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, This is my body, which is for you; this do in remembrance of me. In like manner also the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant, in my blood; this do, as oft as ye drink, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye show forth the Lords death, till he come. So that whoever eateth the bread or drinketh the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty with respect to the body and the blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and thus let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup; for he that eateth and drinketh eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, if he do not discern the body. For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and some are falling asleep. But if we judged ourselves, we should not be judged; but when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world. Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait for one another. If any one hunger, let him eat at home; that ye may not come together to condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.
If therefore the whole church be assembled in one place, and all be speaking with tongues, and there come in those who are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
How is it then, brethren? When ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a lesson of instruction, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation; let all things be done for edification.
For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in splendid apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment,
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
And when he understood the matter, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, surnamed Mark, where many were gathered together, and praying.
And many signs and wonders were wrought among the people by the hands of the apostles; and they were all with one accord in Solomons porch.
And on the first day of the week, when we had assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed to them, being about to depart on the morrow, and continued the discourse until midnight.
They therefore being sent away came to Antioch; and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.
And when they had arrived and had gathered the church together, they related what great things God had wrought with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the gentiles.
