25 Bible Verses about The Church Universal

Yes, and I say to you, Your name is 'Peter--a Rock, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the Powers of the Place of Death shall not prevail over it.

to the festal gathering and assemblage of God's Eldest Sons whose names are enrolled in Heaven, to God the Judge of all men, to the spirits of the righteous who have attained perfection,

And God placed 'all things under Christ's feet,' and gave him to the Church as its supreme Head;

For a man is the Head of his wife, as the Christ is the Head of the Church--being indeed himself the Savior of his Body.

And he is the Head of the Church, which is his Body. The First-born from the dead, he is to the Church the Source of its Life, that he, in all things, may stand first.

Now at last I can rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and in my own person I supplement the afflictions endured by the Christ, for the sake of his Body, the Church;

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

For no one ever yet hated his own body. But every one feeds his body and cares for it, just as the Christ for the Church;

In this there is a profound truth--I am speaking of Christ and his Church.

Be watchful over yourselves, and over the whole flock, of which the Holy Spirit has placed you in charge, to shepherd the Church of God, which he won for himself at the cost of his life.

So that now to the Archangels and to all the Powers on high should be made known, through the Church, the all-embracing wisdom of God,

In the Church God has appointed, first, Apostles, secondly Preachers, thirdly Teachers; then he has given supernatural powers, then power to cure diseases, aptness for helping others, capacity to govern, varieties of the gift of 'tongues.'

To him be all glory through the Church and through Christ Jesus, for all generations, age after age. Amen.

To make her holy, after purifying her by the Washing with the Water, according to his promise;

So that he might himself bring the Church, in all her beauty, into his own presence, with no spot or wrinkle or blemish of any kind, but that she might be holy and faultless.

but in case I should be delayed, I want you to know what your conduct ought to be in the Household of God, which is the Church of the Living God--the pillar and stay of the Truth.

The whole Church and all who heard of these events were appalled.

For I am the meanest of the Apostles, I who am unworthy of the name of 'Apostle,' because I persecuted the Church of God.

You heard, no doubt, of my conduct when I was devoted to Judaism--how I persecuted the Church of God to an extent beyond belief, and made havoc of it,

As to zeal, I was a persecutor of the Church; as to such righteousness as is due to Law, I proved myself blameless.

But Saul began to devastate the Church; he entered house after house, dragged out men and women alike, and threw them into prison.

And so it came about that the Church, throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, enjoyed peace and became firmly established; and, ordering its life by reverence for the Lord and the help of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

So Peter was kept in prison, but meanwhile the prayers of the Church were being earnestly offered to God on his behalf.

Have you no houses in which you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show your contempt for the Church of God, and to humiliate the poor? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I cannot praise you.

Do not cause offence either to Jews or Greeks or to the Church of God;