Matt. 16:18 ÒAnd I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it.
Matt. 18:17 ÒAnd if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-gatherer.
Acts 5:11 And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all who heard of these things.
Acts 8:1 And Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death.         And on that day a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts 8:3 But Saul {began} ravaging the church, entering house after house; and dragging off men and women, he would put them in prison.
Acts 9:31 So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and, going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.
Acts 11:22 And the news about them reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas off to Antioch.
Acts 11:26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came about that for an entire year they met with the church, and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
Acts 12:1 Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church, in order to mistreat them.
Acts 12:5 So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.
Acts 13:1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was {there} , prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts 14:23 And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Acts 14:27 And when they had arrived and gathered the church together, they {began} to report all things that God had done with them and how He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
Acts 15:3 Therefore, being sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and were bringing great joy to all the brethren.
Acts 15:4 And when they arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.
Acts 15:22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas ÑJudas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,
Acts 18:22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to Antioch.
Acts 20:17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church.
Acts 20:28 ÒBe on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
Rom. 16:1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea;
Rom. 16:5 also {greet} the church that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first convert to Christ from Asia.
Rom. 16:23 Gaius, host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer greets you, and Quartus, the brother.
1Cor. 1:2 to the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their {Lord} and ours:
1Cor. 4:17 For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church.
1Cor. 5:12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within {the church} ?
1Cor. 6:4 If then you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church?
1Cor. 10:32 Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God;
1Cor. 11:18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part, I believe it.
1Cor. 11:22 What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God, and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.
1Cor. 12:28 And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, {various} kinds of tongues.
1Cor. 14:4 One who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but one who prophesies edifies the church.
1Cor. 14:5 Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but {even} more that you would prophesy; and greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edifying.
1Cor. 14:12 So also you, since you are zealous of spiritual {gifts,} seek to abound for the edification of the church.
1Cor. 14:19 however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind, that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
1Cor. 14:23 If therefore the whole church should assemble together and all speak in tongues, and ungifted men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad?
1Cor. 14:28 but if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God.
1Cor. 14:35 And if they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is improper for a woman to speak in church.
1Cor. 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
1Cor. 16:19 The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you heartily in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
2Cor. 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy {our} brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth with all the saints who are throughout Achaia:
Gal. 1:13 For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure, and tried to destroy it;
Eph. 1:22 And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church,
Eph. 3:10 in order that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly {places.}
Eph. 3:21 to Him {be} the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Eph. 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself {being} the Savior of the body.
Eph. 5:24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives {ought to be} to their husbands in everything.
Eph. 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her;
Eph. 5:27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she should be holy and blameless.
Eph. 5:29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also {does} the church,
Eph. 5:32 This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.
Phil. 3:6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.
Phil. 4:15 And you yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel, after I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone;
Col. 1:18 He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; so that He Himself might come to have first place in everything.
Col. 1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body (which is the church) in filling up that which is lacking in ChristÕs afflictions.
Col. 1:25 Of {this church} I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, that I might fully carry out the {preaching of} the word of God,
Col. 4:15 Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea and also Nympha and the church that is in her house.
Col. 4:16 And when this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part read my letter {that is coming} from Laodicea.
1Ths. 1:1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
2Ths. 1:1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
1Tim. 3:5 (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?);
1Tim. 3:7 And he must have a good reputation with those outside {the church,} so that he may not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
1Tim. 3:15 but in case I am delayed, {I write} so that you may know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
1Tim. 5:16 If any woman who is a believer has {dependent} widows, let her assist them, and let not the church be burdened, so that it may assist those who are widows indeed.
Phlm. 2 and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
Hebr. 12:23 to the general assembly and church of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,
James 5:14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
3John 6 and they bear witness to your love before the church; and you will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
3John 9 I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say.
3John 10 For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words; and not satisfied with this, neither does he himself receive the brethren, and he forbids those who desire {to do so,} and puts {them} out of the church.
wherever that may take place.
