Bible Verses about the Church

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• And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
  Hebrews 10:24-25second comingcommunityencouragement
• For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another.
  Romans 12:4-5bodyJesuscommunity
• For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.
  Matthew 18:20Jesuscommunityprayer
• For we are God's servants, working together; you are God's field, God's building.
  1 Corinthians 3:9servingevangelism
• Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
  Acts 2:46-47worshipfoodcommunity
• Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
  1 Corinthians 3:16holinessHoly SpiritSpirit
• And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
  Matthew 16:18communityhell
• So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
  Ephesians 2:19-20Jesuskingdomprophecy
• And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.
  Colossians 3:15Jesuspeacegratitude
• Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.
  Colossians 3:16Word of Godlearningworship
• If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
  1 Corinthians 3:17communityholinessprotection
• For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
  1 Corinthians 12:12bodycommunityJesus
• Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.
  Ephesians 5:25-26lovepurificationrelationships
• All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.
  2 Timothy 3:16-17Word of Godlifeequipment
• Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
  Ephesians 3:20-21humilityworshipstrength
• But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.
  Ephesians 4:15lovetruthJesus
• Meanwhile the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was built up. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
  Acts 9:31peaceaweHoly Spirit
• I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep an eye on those who cause dissensions and offenses, in opposition to the teaching that you have learned; avoid them.
  Romans 16:17holinesscommunityevil
• But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit; keep yourselves in the love of God; look forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
  Jude 1:20-21faithHoly Spiritlove
• Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven.
  James 5:14-15sicknessprayerfaith
• God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
  1 Corinthians 1:9Jesuscallingreliability
• They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
  Acts 2:42communityprayerobedience
• For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
  1 Corinthians 12:13baptismSpiritcommunity
• While Peter was kept in prison, the church prayed fervently to God for him.
  Acts 12:5prayerneighbordependence
• Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Savior.
  Ephesians 5:22-23marriageJesussalvation