81 Bible Verses about Church

that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

There is one body, and one spirit, as you also are called in one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

And I am no longer in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep in thy name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we also are.

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for which you have been called in one body; and be thankful.

For we, being many, are one bread, one body; for we all partake of the one bread.

so being greatly desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but our own souls, because you were dear to us.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers; he that loves not, continues in death.

Having purified your souls by obeying the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another fervently, from the heart,

So, my beloved and much desired brothers, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, beloved.

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints,

so that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear; what can man do to me?

For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he may be a first-born among many brothers;

And I fell before his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See [that you do it] not; I am your fellow-servant and of your brothers who have the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Whence he ought in all things to be assimilated to the brothers, that he may be a merciful and faithful chief priest as to things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

But do not you be called Rabbi; For one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.

And the king shall answer and say to them, I tell you truly, that inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me.

And I ask not for these only, but for those also who shall believe on me through their word,

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how incessantly I make mention of you, always in my prayers

do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

For this reason I bow my knees to the Father,

always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

Two men went up to the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

for it is said in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious, and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.

Every one, therefore, that hears these words of mine and performs them, I will liken to a wise man who built his house on the rock;

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone,

For no one can lay another foundation besides that laid, which is Christ Jesus.

Now I rejoice in sufferings for you, and supply the deficiencies of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church,

Take heed to yourselves, therefore, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his blood.

Husbands, love your wives as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it,

Now I rejoice in sufferings for you, and supply the deficiencies of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church,

Take heed to yourselves, therefore, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his blood.

Husbands, love your wives as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it,

that you may be blameless and sincere, children of God without blame in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as luminaries in the world,

For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,??9 for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,??10 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord,

You are the light of the world. A city situated on a mountain cannot be hid.

Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not to admonish every one of you with tears.

If therefore I wrote to you, it was not on account of him that did the wrong, nor on account of him that suffered wrong, but that our diligence in your behalf might be manifest before God.

Besides things without, that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

For I fear lest when I come I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found such as you wish not; lest there shall be strife, envy, anger, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, pride, dissensions;

I am afraid of you, lest I have expended labor on you in vain.

Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not to admonish every one of you with tears.

If therefore I wrote to you, it was not on account of him that did the wrong, nor on account of him that suffered wrong, but that our diligence in your behalf might be manifest before God.

Besides things without, that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

For I fear lest when I come I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found such as you wish not; lest there shall be strife, envy, anger, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, pride, dissensions;

I am afraid of you, lest I have expended labor on you in vain.

And as they conversed and reasoned together, Jesus also himself approaching walked with them;

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

and they attended constantly to the teaching and companionship of the apostles, the breaking of bread and the prayers.

And as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. And he said to them, When you pray, say, Father, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; give us daily our essential bread; read more.
and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every one who is indebted to us; and bring us not into trial. And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight, and say, Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him; and he will answer from within, and say, Trouble me not, for the door is already shut, and my little children are with me in bed, I cannot arise and give you; I tell you if he will not arise and give him on account of being his friend, yet, on account of his importunity, he will arise and give him as many as he needs. And I tell you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; for every one that asks, receives; and he that seeks, finds; and to him that knocks, it shall be opened. And what father is there of you, who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? or if he asks also for a fish, will for a fish give him a serpent? or if he asks also for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him.

Then went one of the twelve called Judas Iscariot to the chief priests, and said, What will you give me to deliver him to you? And they gave him thirty [shekels] of silver [$16.80]. And from that time he sought a good opportunity to deliver him up.

And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray him to them. And when they heard him they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might betray him at a convenient time.

And Satan entered into Judas, called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve; and he went and conferred with the chief priests and commanders as to how he might deliver him to them. And they were glad, and agreed to give him money. read more.
And he promised, and sought a convenient opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the people.

They answered and said to him, You were born entirely in sins, and do you teach us? And they cast him without.

Now I rejoice in sufferings for you, and supply the deficiencies of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church,

and not holding the head, from which all the body being supplied and compacted by means of joints and tendons grows with an increase of God.

for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ,

so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one of another;

And you are a body of Christ, and members in particular.

But I tell you Elijah has come already, and they knew him not, but did to him what they pleased. In like manner, also, the Son of man is about to suffer from them.

He that conquers shall be clothed in white robes, and I will not obliterate his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

I advise you to buy of me gold purified in the fire that you may be rich, and white robes that you may put on, and the shame of your nakedness not appear, and an eye-salve to anoint your eyes that you may see.

And about the throne were twenty-four thrones; and on the thrones twenty-four elders sitting clothed in white robes, and having crowns of gold on their heads.

After this I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and having palm branches in their hands;

Fear not what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried, and you shall have affliction ten days. Be faithful till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Then they shall deliver you to affliction, and kill you, and you shall be hated by all nations on my account;

But beware of men; for they will deliver you to Sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues,

But before all these things they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, committing you to synagogues and prisons, to be brought before kings and governors on my account;

Remember the word which I said to you, a servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will also keep yours.

For I fear lest when I come I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found such as you wish not; lest there shall be strife, envy, anger, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, pride, dissensions;

For I have been informed of you, my brothers, by the family of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

for you are yet carnal. For when there is envy and strife among you are you not carnal and walk as men?

But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers.

I beseech Euodias and I beseech Syntyche to have the same mind in the Lord.

Unless as the Lord has imparted to each one, as God has called each one, so let him walk; and so I appoint in all the churches.

If any one is hungry let him eat at home, that you come not together for judgment. The other things I will arrange when I come.

If, therefore, the whole church comes together, and all speak with tongues, and there come in the unlearned and unbelieving, will they not say that you are mad?

but let all things be done becomingly and in order.

For this cause I left you in Crete, that you might regulate things which are deficient, and appoint elders in every city, as I charged you,

Unless as the Lord has imparted to each one, as God has called each one, so let him walk; and so I appoint in all the churches.

If any one is hungry let him eat at home, that you come not together for judgment. The other things I will arrange when I come.

And the apostles and elders were assembled together to see about this matter.

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to put no greater burden upon you except these necessary things;

Unless as the Lord has imparted to each one, as God has called each one, so let him walk; and so I appoint in all the churches.

If any one is hungry let him eat at home, that you come not together for judgment. The other things I will arrange when I come.

And the apostles and elders were assembled together to see about this matter.

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to put no greater burden upon you except these necessary things;

But the hired servant, and one who is not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf seizes and scatters them;

And seeing the multitudes he had compassion on them because they were faint and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

Then Jesus said to them, You will all be offended with me this night; for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered;

A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject,

of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

I PAUL also exhort you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in appearance am humble among you, but being absent am bold towards you;

to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

I have said before, and I now foretell as if present a second time, although absent, to those who have already sinned and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare;

And I saw the holy city New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that thirsts, come; let him that will, take the water of life freely.

For I am zealous for you with a godly zeal, for I joined you, a chaste virgin, to one husband, to present to Christ;

Let us rejoice and be glad, and give glory to him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and his wife has prepared herself,

For the first tabernacle was provided, in which were the candlestick and the table and the show bread, which is called the sanctuary.

But Christ having come, a chief priest of the good times that were to come, with a greater and a more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

and he is the head of the body, the church; who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that he might himself be preeminent in all things,

and put all things in subjection under his feet, and made him head over all things to the church,

but speaking the truth with love we may grow to him in all things, who is the head, Christ;

for the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church; he is the savior of the body.

and not holding the head, from which all the body being supplied and compacted by means of joints and tendons grows with an increase of God.

Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death?

for we have all been baptized with one Spirit in one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and have all been made to drink one Spirit.

for as many of you as are baptized in Christ, have put on Christ.

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;

The archetype of which, baptism, also now saves us, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience in God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

by which all the building being fitted together grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

if any one is sick among you, let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Let the elders who rule well be accounted worthy of a double compensation, especially those who labor in word and teaching.

which they also did, sending to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

The elders among you I exhort, who am a co-elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed;

For this cause I left you in Crete, that you might regulate things which are deficient, and appoint elders in every city, as I charged you,

go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

he that believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he that disbelieves shall be condemned.

Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

And he commanded that they should be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they desired him to remain some days.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added the saved, day by day, to the assembly [church].

If, therefore, the whole church comes together, and all speak with tongues, and there come in the unlearned and unbelieving, will they not say that you are mad?

And I tell you that you are Peter [a rock], and upon this rock will I build my assembly, and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it.

and if he will not hear them, tell the assembly; and if he will not hear the assembly, let him be to you as a gentile and a publican.

For first, when you come together in an assembly, I hear that there are divisions among you, and some part of it I believe.

And as they were eating Jesus took the bread, and having blessed, broke and gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

And as they eat he took the bread, and having blessed, broke and, gave to them, and said, Take, this is my body.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation of the body of Christ?

For I received of the Lord, what I also delivered to you; that on the night in which he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread

Obey your guides and be in subjection; for they watch for your souls as having to give an account, that they may do this with joy and not with grief; for this is unprofitable for you.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and have such in estimation,

And we beseech you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

Let the elders who rule well be accounted worthy of a double compensation, especially those who labor in word and teaching.

Remember your guides who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the end of their life follow the faith.

Those whose sins you forgive, are forgiven; and whose you retain, are retained.

And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you unbind on the earth shall be unbound in heaven.

I tell you truly, that whatever you bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you unbind on the earth shall be unbound in heaven.

And when he went through the cities he gave them the ordinances to observe which had been determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.

Obey your guides and be in subjection; for they watch for your souls as having to give an account, that they may do this with joy and not with grief; for this is unprofitable for you.

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone,

And I tell you that you are Peter [a rock], and upon this rock will I build my assembly, and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it.

PAUL and Sylvanus [Silas] and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be to you and peace.

but if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

And Herod, with his soldiers, treated him with contempt, and mocked him, and put on him a splendid garment, and sent him back to Pilate.

and on this account the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he had done these things on the sabbath.

and they arose and cast him out of the city, and led him even to the brow of the mountain on which the city was built, to precipitate him down.

And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judea because the Jews sought to kill him.

I know that you are children of Abraham; but you seek to kill me because my word has no place in you.

According to the grace of God given me as a wise architect I have laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one see how he builds on it.

by which all the building being fitted together grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

And I tell you that you are Peter [a rock], and upon this rock will I build my assembly, and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it.

do you also yourselves be built up living stones, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices well pleasing to God through Jesus Christ,

And passing on from Perga, they went to Antioch in Pisidia, and going into the synagogue on the Sabbath they sat down.

And departing thence he went into their synagogue,

And they entered into Capernaum, and immediately on the sabbath he taught in the synagogues.

And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up, and entered, according to his custom on the sabbath day, into the synagogue, and stood up to read.

not forsaking our own congregation as some are in the habit of [doing], but exhorting [others], and so much the more as you see the day approaching.