22 Bible Verses about The Church Universal

And I say to thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my Church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

to the whole company, and to the church of the first-born, who have been written in the heavens, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of justified people who have been made perfect,

and has subordinated all things beneath his feet, and given him to be head over all things to the church,

because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is also the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

and himself is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first begotten from the dead, in order that in all things himself may be preeminent:

Now I rejoice in sufferings in your behalf, and am filling up the residue of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh in behalf of his body, which is the church;

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

for no one ever yet hated his own flesh; but he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also the church;

This is a great mystery: but I speak in reference to Christ and the church.

Take heed to yourselves, and all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost has placed you shepherds, to shepherdise the church of God, which He bought with His own blood.

in order that he might sanctify her, having purified her by the washing of water through the word,

in order that he might present to himself the glorious church, having not spot or wrinkle or any of such things; but that she might be holy and blameless.

but if I tarry, in order that you may know how it behooves you to deport yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

And great fear came on all the church, and on all those hearing these things.

For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

For you have heard of my life formerly in Judaism, that I was persecuting the church of God exceedingly, and destroying it:

in reference to zeal, persecuting the church, according to righteousness which was in the law being blameless.

But Saul was laying waste the church, entering into the houses, and arresting men and women, he committed them to prison.

Then indeed the church had peace throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, being edified and progressing in the fear of the Lord; and was being multiplied by the exhortation of the Holy Ghost.

Then indeed Peter was kept in prison: but prayer to God in his behalf was incessantly made by the church.

For have you not houses in which to eat and to drink? or do you cast contempt on the church of God, and shame those not having? What do I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

Be ye without offence, both to Jews, and to Greeks, and to the church of God: