25 Bible Verses about The Church Universal

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 to the church of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to a judge the God of all, and to spirits of the righteous made perfect,

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

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 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,

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,

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

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

This is a great mystery; but I speak of Christ and 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.

that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly [worlds] should be made known, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God,

And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then powers, then gifts of performing cures, aids, governments, different tongues.

to him be the glory in the church in Jesus Christ to all generations, for ever and ever; amen.

that he might sanctify it, purifying it with the washing of water with the word,

that he might present the church to himself glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any thing of the kind, but that it should be holy and blameless.

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 great fear was on all the assembly [church], and on all that heard of these things.

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

For you heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism, that I greatly persecuted the church of God and destroyed it;

as to zeal persecuting the church, as to righteousness by the law being blameless.

But Saul persecuted the church, and going from house to house, seizing men and women, committed them to prison.

Then had the church peace in all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and being built up, and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

Peter therefore was kept by the guard; but prayer was made incessantly by the church to God for him.

Have you not [food] to eat and drink at your houses? or do you despise the church of God, and shame those who have not [houses]? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you? In this I commend you not.

Be without offense both to Jews and Greeks, and the church of God,