'Churches' in the Bible

And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were growing in number every day.

who risked their own necks for my life, for which not only I am thankful, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.

But to each one as the Lord has apportioned. As God has called each one, thus let him live--and thus I order in all the churches.

But if anyone is disposed to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

For God is not [a God of] disorder but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

the women must be silent in the churches, for it is not permitted for them to speak, but they must be in submission, just as the law also says.

Now concerning the collection for the saints: just as I gave directions about [it] to the churches of Galatia, so you do also.

The churches of [the province of] Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you in the Lord many [times], together with the church in their house.

Now we make known to you, brothers, the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,

And we have sent at the same time with him the brother whose praise in the gospel [has become known] throughout all the churches.

And not only [this], but he was also chosen by the churches [as] our traveling companion together with this gift that is being administered by us to the glory of the Lord himself and [to show] our readiness [to help].

If [there is a question] concerning Titus, [he is] my partner and fellow worker for you. If [there is a question concerning] our brothers, [they are] messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.

Therefore show to them the proof of your love and our boasting about you {openly before} the churches.

I robbed other churches [by] accepting support [from them] for the ministry to you.

Apart from these external things, [there is] the pressure on me every day of the anxiety about all the churches.

{For in what respect are you made worse off} more than the rest of the churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

and all the brothers with me, to the churches of Galatia.

but I was unknown {in person} to the churches of Judea [that are] in Christ,

For you became imitators, brothers, of the churches of God [which] are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because you also suffered the same [things] at the hands of your own people, just as [they] themselves [did] also at the hands of the Jews,

so that we ourselves boast in you in the churches of God about your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring,

John, to the seven churches in Asia: grace to you and peace from the one who is and the one who was and the one who is coming, and from the seven spirits who [are] before his throne,

saying, "What you see, write in a book and send [it] to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."

[As for] the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands--the seven stars are [the] angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are [the] seven churches.

The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will grant to him to eat from the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.'

The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will never be harmed by the second death.'

The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give to him [some] of the hidden manna, and I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, that no one knows except the one who receives [it].'

And I will kill her children with deadly disease, and all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'"

"I, Jesus, sent my angel to testify to you about these [things] for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star."