Bible verses about Church
Verses about the church as the gathered people of God.
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Matthew 16:18If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
Matthew 18:17For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
Matthew 18:20They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Acts 2:42praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
Acts 2:47Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
1 Corinthians 12:27And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
Ephesians 1:22which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Ephesians 1:23Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
Ephesians 4:15From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
Ephesians 4:16And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
Colossians 1:18And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
Hebrews 10:24Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:25Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
Acts 20:28in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
1 Timothy 3:15Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
Ephesians 2:19you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:5Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16