'Churches' in the Bible
This is what I command in all the Churches. Was any one already circumcised when called? Let him not have recourse to the surgeons. Was any one uncircumcised when called? Let him remain uncircumcised.
But if any one is inclined to be contentious on the point, we have no such custom, nor have the Churches of God.
For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace, as He is in all the Churches of His people.
Let married women be silent in the Churches, for they are not permitted to speak. They must be content with a subordinate place, as the Law also says;
As to the collection for God's people, what I have directed the Churches of Galatia to do, you must do also.
The Churches in the province of Asia send you greetings; and Aquila and Prisca, in hearty Christian love, do the same, together with the Church which meets at their house.