25 Bible Verses about The Church Universal
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And I declare to you that you are Peter, and that upon this Rock I will build my Church, and the might of Hades shall not triumph over it.
to the great festal gathering and Church of the first-born, whose names are recorded in Heaven, and to a Judge who is God of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,
God has put all things under His feet, and has appointed Him universal and supreme Head of the Church, which is His Body,
because a husband is the Head of his wife as Christ also is the Head of the Church, being indeed the Saviour of this His Body.
Moreover He is the Head of His Body, the Church. He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, in order that He Himself may in all things occupy the foremost place.
Now I can find joy amid my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my own person whatever is lacking in Christ's afflictions on behalf of His Body, the Church.
Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;
For never yet has a man hated his own body. On the contrary he feeds and cherishes it, just as Christ feeds and cherishes the Church;
That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and the Church.
"Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has placed you to take the oversight for Him and act as shepherds to the Church of God, which He has bought with His own blood.
concealed in order that the Church might now be used to display to the powers and authorities in the heavenly realms the innumerable aspects of God's wisdom.
And by God's appointment there are in the Church--first Apostles, secondly Prophets, thirdly teachers. Then come miraculous powers, and then ability to cure diseases or render loving service, or powers of organization, or varieties of the gift of 'tongues.'
to Him be the glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, world without end! Amen.
that He might present the Church to Himself a glorious bride, without spot or wrinkle or any other defect, but to be holy and unblemished.
But, for fear I may be hindered, I now write, so that you may have rules to guide you in dealing with God's household. For this is what the Church of the ever-living God is, and it is the pillar and foundation-stone of the truth.
This incident struck terror into the whole Church, and into the hearts of all who heard of it.
For I am the least of the Apostles, and am not fit to be called an Apostle--because I persecuted the Church of God.
For you have heard of my early career in Judaism--how I furiously persecuted the Church of God, and made havoc of it;
as to zeal, a persecutor of the Church; as to the righteousness which comes through Law, blameless.
But Saul cruelly harassed the Church. He went into house after house, and, dragging off both men and women, threw them into prison.
The Church, however, throughout the whole of Judaea, Galilee and Samaria, had peace and was spiritually built up; and grew in numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and receiving encouragement from the Holy Spirit.
So Peter was kept in prison; but long and fervent prayer was offered to God by the Church on his behalf.
Why, have you no homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you wish to show your contempt for the Church of God and make those who have no homes feel ashamed? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I certainly do not praise you.
Do not be causes of stumbling either to Jews or to Gentiles, nor to the Church of God.
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