23 Bible Verses about The Church Universal

Now I tell you, Peter is your name and on this rock I will build my church; the powers of Hades shall not succeed against it.

to the assembly of the first-born registered in heaven, to the God of all as judge, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ also (though he is the saviour of the Body) is the head of the church;

Also, he is the head of the Body, that is, of the church, in virtue of his primacy as the first to be born from the dead ??that gives him pre-eminence over all.

I am suffering now on your behalf, but I rejoice in that; I would make up the full sum of all that Christ has to suffer in my person on behalf of the church, his Body;

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

For no one ever hates his flesh; no, he nourishes and cherishes it (just as Christ does the church

This is a profound symbol, I mean as regards Christ and the church.

Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you guardians; shepherd the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his own blood.

That is to say, God has set people within the church to be first of all apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, and speakers in 'tongues' of various kinds.

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

to consecrate her by cleansing her in the bath of baptism as she utters her confession,

in order to have the church as his very own, standing before him in all her glory, with never a spot or wrinkle or any such flaw, but consecrated and unblemished.

in case I am detained, to let you see how people ought to behave within the household of God; it is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the Truth.

Great awe came over the whole church and over all who heard about this.

For I am the very least of the apostles, unfit to bear the name of apostle, since I persecuted the church of God.

You know the story of my past career in Judaism; you know how furiously I persecuted the church of God and harried it,

in point of ardour a persecutor of the church, immaculate by the standard of legal righteousness.

but Saul made havoc of the church by entering one house after another, dragging off men and women, and consigning them to prison.

Now, all over Judaea, Galilee, and Samaria, the church enjoyed peace; it was consolidated, inspired by reverence for the Lord and by its invocation of the holy Spirit, and so increased in numbers.

So Peter was closely guarded in prison, while earnest prayer for him was offered to God by the church.

What! have you no houses to eat and drink in? Do you think you can show disrespect to the church of God and put the poor to shame? What can I say to you? Commend you? Not for this.

Put no stumbling-block in the way of Jews or Greeks or the church of God.