25 Bible Verses about The Church Universal

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,

For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.

so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.

to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.

And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.

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

What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.

Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,