61 Bible Verses about The church

As for the secret symbol of the seven stars which you have seen in my right hand, and of the seven golden lamp stands ??the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

and in the middle of the lampstands One who resembled a human being, with a long robe, and a belt of gold round his breast;

(for many as we are, we are one Bread, one Body, since we all partake of the one Bread).

There is no room for Jew or Greek, there is no room for slave or freeman, there is no room for male and female; you are all one in Christ Jesus.

so too, for all our numbers, we form one Body in Christ and we are severally members one of another.

As the human body is one and has many members, all the members of the body forming one body for all their number, so is it with Christ.

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.

you are a building that rests on the apostles and prophets as its foundation, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone;

The foundation is laid, namely Jesus Christ, and no one can lay any other.

come to him then ??come to that living Stone which men have rejected and God holds choice and precious, come and, like living stones yourselves, be built into a spiritual house, to form a consecrated priesthood for the offering of those spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

not taking any blood of goats and oxen but his own blood, and entered once for all into the Holy place. He secured an eternal redemption.

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.

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

He who speaks in a 'tongue' edifies himself, whereas he who prophesies edifies the church.

Thus a man who speaks in a 'tongue' must pray for the gift of interpreting it.

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.

Some of you were once like that; but you washed yourselves clean, you were consecrated, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

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

(Saul quite approved of his murder.) That day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone, with the exception of the apostles, was scattered over Judaea and Samaria. Devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him, but Saul made havoc of the church by entering one house after another, dragging off men and women, and consigning them to prison.

for you have started, my brothers, to copy the churches of God in Christ Jesus throughout Judaea; you have suffered from your compatriots just as they have suffered from the Jews, who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, who harassed ourselves, who offend God and oppose all men

(for he was a good man, full of the holy Spirit and faith). Considerable numbers of people were brought in for the Lord.

On the other hand, crowds of men and women who believed in the Lord were brought in.

because thou wilt not forsake my soul in the grave, nor let thy holy one suffer decay.

he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach, for the equipment of the saints, for the business of the ministry, for the upbuilding of the Body of Christ,

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;

the church which is his Body, filled by him who fills the universe entirely.

Now, brothers, I have to tell you about the grace God has given to the churches of Macedonia.

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;

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.

It is the same in your case, my brothers. The crucified body of Christ made you dead to the Law, so that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead that we might be fruitful to God.

as the church is subject to Christ, so wives are to be subject to their husbands in every respect.

For by one Spirit we have all been baptized into one Body, Jews or Greeks, slaves or freemen; we have all been imbued with one Spirit.

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.

God will destroy anyone who would destroy God's temple, for God's temple is sacred ??and that is what you are.

Yea, she is allowed to put on fine linen, dazzling white" (the white linen is the righteous conduct of the saints).

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

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.

Your sister-church in Babylon, elect like yourselves, salutes you. So does my son Mark.

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.

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.

(for many as we are, we are one Bread, one Body, since we all partake of the one Bread).

Clean out the old dough that you may be a fresh lump. For you are free from the old leaven; Christ our paschal lamb has been sacrificed.