Mat 16:18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Mat 18:17 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 collector.
Act 5:11 And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.
Act 7:38 This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He received living oracles to give to us.
Act 8:1 And Saul approved of his execution.And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Act 8:3 But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
Act 9:31 So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.
Act 11:22 The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
Act 11:26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.
Act 12:1 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church.
Act 12:5 So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.
Act 13:1 Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Act 14:23 And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Act 14:27 And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
Act 15:3 So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.
Act 15:4 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
Act 15:22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers,
Act 15:41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
Act 16:5 So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily.
Act 18:22 When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.
Act 19:32 Now some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.
Act 19:39 But if you seek anything further, it shall be settled in the regular assembly.
Act 19:41 And when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly.
Act 20:17 Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him.
Act 20:28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
Rom 16:1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae,
Rom 16:4 who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.
Rom 16:5 Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia.
Rom 16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.
Rom 16:23 Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.
1Cor 1:2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
1Cor 4:17 That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
1Cor 6:4 So if you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church?
1Cor 7:17 Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
1Cor 10:32 Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,
1Cor 11:16 If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.
1Cor 11:18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part,
1Cor 11:22 What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.
1Cor 12:28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
1Cor 14:4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.
1Cor 14:5 Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.
1Cor 14:12 So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.
1Cor 14:19 Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
1Cor 14:23 If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
1Cor 14:28 But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God.
1Cor 14:33 For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.As in all the churches of the saints,
1Cor 14:34 the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.
1Cor 14:35 If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.
1Cor 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
1Cor 16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.
1Cor 16:19 The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.
2Cor 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
2Cor 8:1 We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,
2Cor 8:18 With him we are sending the brother who is famous among all the churches for his preaching of the gospel.
2Cor 8:19 And not only that, but he has been appointed by the churches to travel with us as we carry out this act of grace that is being ministered by us, for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our good will.
2Cor 8:23 As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for your benefit. And as for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.
2Cor 8:24 So give proof before the churches of your love and of our boasting about you to these men.
2Cor 11:8 I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you.
2Cor 11:28 And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
2Cor 12:13 For in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!
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