25 Bible Verses about The Church Universal

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it.

to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in heaven, to God who is the Judge of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,

And He put everything under His feet and appointed Him as head over everything for the church,

for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.

He is also the head of the body, the church;
He is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead,
so that He might come to have
first place in everything.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for His body, that is, the church.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her

For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,

This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church.

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock that the Holy Spirit has appointed you to as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

This is so God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.

And God has placed these in the church:

first apostles, second prophets,
third teachers, next miracles,
then gifts of healing, helping,
managing, various kinds of languages.

to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.

He did this to present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.

But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to act in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Then great fear came on the whole church and on all who heard these things.

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I persecuted God’s church to an extreme degree and tried to destroy it.

regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.

Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.

So the church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, being built up and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, and it increased in numbers.

So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was being made earnestly to God for him by the church.

Don’t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you look down on the church of God and embarrass those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you for this!

Give no offense to the Jews or the Greeks or the church of God,