81 Bible Verses about Church

That the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and joint-partakers of his promise by Christ through the gospel,

There is one body and one Spirit, as ye are also called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism: One God, and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all.

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

And the peace of God shall rule in your hearts, to which also ye are called in one body: and be ye thankful.

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

So, loving you tenderly, we were ready to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but our own souls also, because ye were dear to us.

We know, that we are passed from death to life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

Having purified your souls by obeying the truth thro' the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Therefore, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.

Hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear what man can do unto me.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated, conformable to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren.

And I fell before his feet to worship him: but he saith to me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Wherefore it behoved him to be made in all things like his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high-priest, in things pertaining to God, to expiate the sins of the people.

But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.

And the king shall answer and say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also who will believe on me thro' their word:

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

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

For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Always in all my prayers making supplication for you all with joy,

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

Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious, and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

Therefore whosoever heareth these my sayings, and doth them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock: And the rain descended,

Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone, On whom all the building fitly framed together,

For other foundation can no man lay, than what is laid, which is Jesus Christ: And if any one build on this foundation, gold, silver, costly stones;

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh that which is behind of the sufferings of Christ for his body, which is the church:

Take heed therefore to yourselves and to the whole flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

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

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh that which is behind of the sufferings of Christ for his body, which is the church:

Take heed therefore to yourselves and to the whole flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

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

That ye may be blameless and simple, the sons of God, unrebukable, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world,

For ye were once darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord:

Ye are the light of the world.

Therefore watch, remembering that for three years, I ceased not to warn every one, night and day, with tears.

And though I wrote to you, it was not for his sake who had done the wrong, nor for his sake who had suffered it, but for the sake of manifesting to you in the sight of God our diligent care over you.

Beside the things which are from without, that which rusheth upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

For I fear lest when I come, I should not find you such as I would, and lest I should be found by you such as ye would not: lest there should be contentions, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults, Lest my God should humble me when I come to you again,

Brethren, I beseech you, be ye as I am; for I also am as ye were: ye have not injured me at all.

Therefore watch, remembering that for three years, I ceased not to warn every one, night and day, with tears.

And though I wrote to you, it was not for his sake who had done the wrong, nor for his sake who had suffered it, but for the sake of manifesting to you in the sight of God our diligent care over you.

Beside the things which are from without, that which rusheth upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

For I fear lest when I come, I should not find you such as I would, and lest I should be found by you such as ye would not: lest there should be contentions, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults, Lest my God should humble me when I come to you again,

Brethren, I beseech you, be ye as I am; for I also am as ye were: ye have not injured me at all.

And as they talked and argued together, Jesus himself drew near and went 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 Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

And they continued stedfast in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of bread, and the prayers.

And as he was praying in a certain place, 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 ye pray, say, Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come: Thy will be done as in heaven, so on earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. read more.
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves: For a friend of mine on his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him: And he from within shall answer, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed: I cannot rise and give thee? I tell you, though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet, because of his importunity, he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you. For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? If ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, going to the chief priests, Said, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they bargained with him for thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, to betray him unto them. And hearing it they were glad, and promised to give him mony. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

Then entered Satan into Judas, surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went and talked with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him to them. And they were glad and agreed to give him money. read more.
And he promised and sought opportunity to betray him to them, in the absence of the multitude.

They answered and said to him, Thou-wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh that which is behind of the sufferings of Christ for his body, which is the church:

And not holding the head, from which all the body being nourished and knit together, by the joints and ligaments, increaseth with the increase of God.

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, to the edifying the body of Christ;

So we being many are one body in Christ, and every one members of each other.

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in part.

But I say to you, That Elijah is come already, and they acknowledged him not, but have done to him whatever they listed.

He that overcometh, he shall be cloathed in white raiment, and I will not blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name, before my Father and before his angels.

I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified in the fire, that thou mayst be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayst be clothed, and the shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayst see.

And round about the throne were four and twenty thrones, and on the thrones four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment, and upon their heads crowns of gold.

After this I saw, and behold a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and people, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes and palms in their hands.

Fear none of those things which thou art about to suffer: behold the devil is about to cast some of you into prison that ye may be tried, and ye shall have affliction ten days: Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

Then shall they deliver you to be afflicted, and shall kill you; and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

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

But before all these things they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my names sake.

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

For I fear lest when I come, I should not find you such as I would, and lest I should be found by you such as ye would not: lest there should be contentions, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults, Lest my God should humble me when I come to you again,

For it hath been declared to me of you, my brethren, by them of the family of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

For ye are still carnal: for while there is among you emulation, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man?

But brother goeth to law with brother, and this before the infidels.

I beseech Euodias, and I beseech Syntyche, to be of one mind in the Lord.

But as God hath distributed to every one, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk.

And if any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye come not together to condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.

Yet if the whole church be met together, and all speak with unknown tongues, and there come in ignorant persons or unbelievers, will they not say, that ye are mad?

Let all things be done decently and in order.

For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest set in order the things which remain, and ordain elders in every city, as I appointed thee:

But as God hath distributed to every one, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk.

And if any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye come not together to condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.

And the apostles and elders came together, to consider of this matter.

For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, that no further burden be laid upon you than these necessary things, To abstain from meats offered to idols and blood,

For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?

But as God hath distributed to every one, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk.

And if any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye come not together to condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.

And the apostles and elders came together, to consider of this matter.

For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, that no further burden be laid upon you than these necessary things, To abstain from meats offered to idols and blood,

For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?

But the hireling, who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: so the wolf seizeth them, and scattereth the flock.

But seeing the multitudes he was moved with tender compassion for them, because they were faint and scattered, as sheep having no shepherd.

Then saith Jesus to them, All ye will be offended at me this night, for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.

An heretic after a first and second admonition reject,

Among which are Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

Now I Paul myself, who when present am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you, intreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ,

with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one to Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

I told you before, and do tell before-hand (though now absent, as if I were present the second time) those who had sinned before, and all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

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

And let him that thirsteth, come: let him that willeth, take the water of life freely.

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy; for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Let us be glad and rejoice and give the glory to him; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, in which was the candlestick, and the table, and the shew-bread; which is called The holy place.

But Christ being come, an high-priest of good things to come, through a greater and more perfect tabernacle,

who is the beginning, the first-begotten from the dead, that in all things he might have the pre-eminence.

And he hath put all things under his feet, and hath given him to be head over all things to the church,

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the head, even Christ:

For the husband is head of the wife, as Christ also is head of the church:

And not holding the head, from which all the body being nourished and knit together, by the joints and ligaments, increaseth with the increase of God.

Know ye not, that as many of us have been baptized into Jesus Christ, have been baptized into his death?

For we are all baptized by one Spirit into one body, whether we are Jews or Gentiles, whether slaves or freemen; and we have all drank of one Spirit.

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ.

Buried with him in baptism, by which ye are also risen with him, through the faith of the operation of God, who raised him from the dead.

The antitype whereof, baptism, now saveth us, (not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

groweth into an holy temple in the Lord:

Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil in the name of the Lord:

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in the word and teaching.

sending it to the elders, by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

The elders that are among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and likewise a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed,

For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest set in order the things which remain, and ordain elders in every city, as I appointed thee:

Go ye and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not, shall be damned.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

And Peter said, Repent, and be baptized every one of you, in the name of Jesus, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they prayed him to tarry certain days.

Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added daily to the church those who were saved.

Yet if the whole church be met together, and all speak with unknown tongues, and there come in ignorant persons or unbelievers, will they not say, that ye are mad?

And I say also to thee, Thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

And if he will not hear them, tell it to the church; but if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as an heathen and a publican.

For first, when ye come together in the church, I hear there are schisms among you, (and I partly believe it.

And after they had eaten, Jesus took bread and blessed and brake and gave it to his disciples and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

And as they ate, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.

The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

I praise you not. For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus the night in which he was betrayed,

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves; for they watch over your souls, as they that must give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with groans: for that is unprofitable for you.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and honour such.

Now we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, And to esteem them very highly in love for their works sake, and be at peace among yourselves.

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in the word and teaching.

Remember them that had the rule over you, who spake to you the word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Verily I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.

And as they went through the cities, they gave them the decrees, which were determined by the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem to keep.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves; for they watch over your souls, as they that must give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with groans: for that is unprofitable for you.

Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone, On whom all the building fitly framed together,

And I say also to thee, Thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, Grace be unto you and Peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

But if I tarry, that thou mayst know how to behave in the house of God, which is the church of the living God.

And Herod, having with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a splendid robe, sent him back to Pilate.

And therefore the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on the sabbath.

And rising up, thrust him out of the city, and brought him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, to cast him down headlong.

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

yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise master-builder I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon; but let every one take heed how he buildeth thereon.

groweth into an holy temple in the Lord:

And I say also to thee, Thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

but chosen of God and precious, Ye also as living stones are built up, a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God thro' Jesus Christ.

And departing from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia; and going into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down.

And departing thence, he went into their synagogue. And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand.

And they go into Capernaum. And straightway on the sabbath, he went into the synagogue and taught.

And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and as his custom was; he went into the synagogue on the sabbath, and stood up to read.

Not forsaking the assembling ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another, and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

And if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ: if we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

And it shall come to pass, in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called the sons of the living God.

Salute Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

For this cause I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, Grace be unto you and Peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

But if I tarry, that thou mayst know how to behave in the house of God, which is the church of the living God.

He saith to them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answering said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answering said to him, Happy art thou, Simon Barjonah; for flesh and blood have not revealed this to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. read more.
And I say also to thee, Thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone, On whom all the building fitly framed together, groweth into an holy temple in the Lord: On whom ye also are built together, for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

If there be then any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies; Fulfil ye my joy,

A new commandment I give you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Always in all my prayers making supplication for you all with joy,

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart, and of one soul: and not so much as one said that ought of the things which he had, was his own, but they had all things common.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart unto the Lord.

Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given us, whether it be prophesy, let us prophesy according to the analogy of faith:

He that speaketh in an unknown tongue, edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth, edifieth the church.

Therefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue, pray that he may interpret.

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted, by that which every joint supplieth according to the effectual working in the measure of every member, maketh increase of the body, to the edifying of itself in love.

And in Iconium they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake that a great multitude both of the Jews and Greeks believed.

And the churches were established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

And some of them believed, and were joined to Paul and Silas, and a great number of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the principal women.

And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized.

And in Iconium they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake that a great multitude both of the Jews and Greeks believed.

And the churches were established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

And some of them believed, and were joined to Paul and Silas, and a great number of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the principal women.

And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized.

For I fear lest when I come, I should not find you such as I would, and lest I should be found by you such as ye would not: lest there should be contentions, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults, Lest my God should humble me when I come to you again, and I should mourn over many of them who had sinned before, and have not repented of the uncleanness, and fornication, and lasciviousness, which they have committed.

For it hath been declared to me of you, my brethren, by them of the family of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now this I say, every one of you saith, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you?

For ye are still carnal: for while there is among you emulation, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man? For while one saith, I am of Paul,

For first, when ye come together in the church, I hear there are schisms among you, (and I partly believe it. For there must be heresies also among you, that the approved among you may be manifest).

And to the beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and the church which is in thy house:

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;

Yet I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and companion in labour and fellow-soldier, but your messenger, and him that ministered to my need.

Thou therefore endure affliction, is a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not given to wine, no striker, not desirous of filthy gain:

Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons,

This is a faithful saying, If a man desireth the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

Feed the flock of God which is among you, overseeing it not by constraint, but willingly, not for filthy gain, but of a ready mind,