Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Matthew 18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Matthew 18:18 I solemnly tell you that whatever you as a Church bind on earth will in Heaven be held as bound, and whatever you loose on earth will in Heaven be held to be loosed. (WEY)
Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. (KJV WBS)
Acts 5:11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: (KJV ASV BBE WBS)
Acts 8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. (Root in KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 11:22 Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 11:30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. (BBE)
Acts 12:1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. (KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 14:27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 15:2 And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question. (BBE)
Acts 15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 15:4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 15:6 And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question. (BBE)
Acts 15:22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brethren: (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 15:30 So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch. Having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter. (See NIV)
Acts 16:4 And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them. (BBE)
Acts 18:22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 20:17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Acts 21:18 On the following day we went with Paul to call on James, and all the Elders of the Church came also. (WEY BBE)
Romans 12:7 Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it; (BBE)
Romans 15:31 asking that I may escape unhurt from those in Judaea who are disobedient, and that the service which I am going to Jerusalem to render may be well received by the Church there, (WEY)
Romans 16:1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Romans 16:5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Romans 16:23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's: (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 4:17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 5:10 But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely: (BBE)
1 Corinthians 5:12 For what business of mine is it to judge outsiders? Is it not for you to judge those who are within the Church (WEY NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 6:4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 9:2 If to other men I am not an Apostle, yet at any rate I am one to you; for your very existence as a Christian Church is the seal of my Apostleship. (WEY)
1 Corinthians 10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 11:18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 11:22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 12:12 For just as the human body is one and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many as they are, constitute but one body, so it is with the Church of Christ. (WEY)
1 Corinthians 12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 14:4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 14:5 I would that ye all spake with tongues but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 14:12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 14:19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 14:23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 14:26 What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up. (See NIV)
1 Corinthians 14:28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 16:19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. (Root in KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
2 Corinthians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
2 Corinthians 2:6 Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him; (BBE)
2 Corinthians 10:6 while we hold ourselves in readiness to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as ever you as a Church have fully shown your obedience. (WEY)
Galatians 1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Galatians 2:2 I went up in obedience to a revelation of God's will; and I explained to them the Good News which I proclaim among the Gentiles. To the leaders of the Church this explanation was made in private, lest by any means I should be running, or should already have run, in vain. (WEY)
Galatians 2:4 Yet there was danger of this through the false brethren secretly introduced into the Church, who had stolen in to spy out the freedom which is ours in Christ Jesus, in order to rob us of it. (WEY)
Galatians 2:9 and when they perceived the mission which was graciously entrusted to me, they (that is to say, James, Peter, and John, who were considered to be the pillars of the Church) (WEY)
Ephesians 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Ephesians 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Ephesians 3:21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Ephesians 4:12 For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ: (BBE)
Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Ephesians 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Ephesians 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Ephesians 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Ephesians 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Christ Jesus: To all God's people in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the ministers of the Church and their assistants. (WEY BBE)
Philippians 3:6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Philippians 4:15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Colossians 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church: (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Colossians 1:25 I have been appointed to serve the Church in the position of responsibility entrusted to me by God for your benefit, so that I may fully deliver God's Message-- (WEY NAS)
Colossians 4:15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Colossians 4:16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Timothy 3:1 Faithful is the saying, "If any one is eager to have the oversight of a Church, he desires a noble work." (WEY)
1 Timothy 3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) (KJV WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)
1 Timothy 3:6 Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One. (BBE)
1 Timothy 3:7 It is needful also that he bear a good character with people outside the Church, lest he fall into reproach or a snare of the Devil. (WEY BBE NAS)
1 Timothy 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Timothy 4:12 Let no one make little of you because you are young, but be an example to the church in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in holy living. (BBE)
1 Timothy 4:14 Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you. (BBE)
1 Timothy 5:1 Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers: (BBE)
1 Timothy 5:16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed. (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Timothy 5:17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. (See NIV)
Titus 3:10 A man whose opinions are not those of the church, after a first and second protest, is to be kept out of your society; (BBE)
Philemon 1:2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house: (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Hebrews 2:12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. (KJV BBE WBS)
Hebrews 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS NIV)
James 5:14 Is any sick among you? 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: (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
1 Peter 4:17 For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God? (BBE)
1 Peter 5:1 I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you: (BBE)
1 Peter 5:13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son. (KJV WEY WBS)
2 John 1:1 I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true; (BBE)
3 John 1:1 I, a ruler in the church, send word to the well loved Gaius, for whom I have true love. (BBE)