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Matthew 16:18 ESV / 561 helpful votes
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.
Acts 20:28 ESV / 528 helpful votes
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.
Ephesians 2:20-22 ESV / 475 helpful votes
Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
Psalm 122:1 ESV / 416 helpful votes
A Song of Ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV / 402 helpful votes
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Romans 12:5 ESV / 298 helpful votes
So we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
Colossians 3:16 ESV / 293 helpful votes
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Matthew 18:20 ESV / 260 helpful votes
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
Acts 2:47 ESV / 258 helpful votes
Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
1 Corinthians 3:17 ESV / 236 helpful votes
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Ephesians 1:22 ESV / 206 helpful votes
And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,
Romans 16:17 ESV / 205 helpful votes
I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.
Ephesians 2:19-22 ESV / 200 helpful votes
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
Ephesians 2:21 ESV / 181 helpful votes
In whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
Hebrews 10:25 ESV / 177 helpful votes
Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Colossians 1:18 ESV / 167 helpful votes
And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
1 Timothy 3:15 ESV / 161 helpful votes
If I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
Ephesians 4:16 ESV / 152 helpful votes
From whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
1 Corinthians 12:13 ESV / 139 helpful votes
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
Hebrews 13:17 ESV / 133 helpful votes
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Colossians 1:24 ESV / 131 helpful votes
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,
1 Corinthians 14:26 ESV / 120 helpful votes
What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.
1 Corinthians 12:27 ESV / 113 helpful votes
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
Matthew 28:18-20 ESV / 112 helpful votes
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
1 Peter 2:5 ESV / 110 helpful votes
You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 5:23 ESV / 108 helpful votes
For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
Acts 9:31 ESV / 104 helpful votes
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.
1 Peter 2:9-10 ESV / 103 helpful votes
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Ephesians 4:12 ESV / 103 helpful votes
To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
1 Corinthians 12:12 ESV / 102 helpful votes
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.
Acts 2:42 ESV / 102 helpful votes
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
Hebrews 3:6 ESV / 101 helpful votes
But Christ is faithful over God’s house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.
Ephesians 1:22-23 ESV / 101 helpful votes
And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Acts 2:42-47 ESV / 94 helpful votes
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, …
Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 93 helpful votes
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. …
Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 92 helpful votes
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
1 Corinthians 12:5 ESV / 92 helpful votes
And there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;
Romans 12:4-5 ESV / 88 helpful votes
For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
Titus 1:5 ESV / 83 helpful votes
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—
1 Corinthians 3:9 ESV / 83 helpful votes
For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.
Galatians 3:27 ESV / 81 helpful votes
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
James 5:14 ESV / 80 helpful votes
Is anyone among you sick? 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.
Acts 14:23 ESV / 79 helpful votes
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.
1 John 1:7 ESV / 78 helpful votes
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Ephesians 4:4 ESV / 77 helpful votes
There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—
Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 73 helpful votes
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. …
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 72 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 72 helpful votes
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,
James 5:16 ESV / 71 helpful votes
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
Ephesians 3:10 ESV / 71 helpful votes
So that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
1 Corinthians 12:28 ESV / 70 helpful votes
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.
John 10:16 ESV / 69 helpful votes
And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
Acts 2:38 ESV / 66 helpful votes
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 12:5 ESV / 65 helpful votes
So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.
Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 65 helpful votes
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Matthew 6:33 ESV / 64 helpful votes
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Acts 11:25-26 ESV / 63 helpful votes
So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, 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.
1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 63 helpful votes
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV / 61 helpful votes
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
Colossians 3:15 ESV / 61 helpful votes
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
1 Corinthians 12:12-27 ESV / 60 helpful votes
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. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. For the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. …
1 Peter 5:1-4 ESV / 58 helpful votes
So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
Ephesians 4:15 ESV / 58 helpful votes
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
1 Corinthians 14:19 ESV / 57 helpful votes
Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Matthew 18:17 ESV / 57 helpful votes
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.
1 Peter 4:10 ESV / 55 helpful votes
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:
Ephesians 1:23 ESV / 55 helpful votes
Which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 54 helpful votes
For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
1 Corinthians 10:17 ESV / 54 helpful votes
Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 53 helpful votes
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 Corinthians 16:19 ESV / 53 helpful votes
The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.
Acts 7:48-53 ESV / 52 helpful votes
Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says, “‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?’ “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered, …
2 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 51 helpful votes
Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
Ephesians 4:25 ESV / 51 helpful votes
Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
1 John 1:9 ESV / 50 helpful votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 Timothy 5:17 ESV / 50 helpful votes
Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
1 Corinthians 12:25-26 ESV / 50 helpful votes
That there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
Psalm 111:1 ESV / 50 helpful votes
Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
Colossians 3:11 ESV / 49 helpful votes
Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
1 Corinthians 1:10 ESV / 46 helpful votes
I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
Acts 13:1 ESV / 46 helpful votes
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
1 Peter 3:21 ESV / 43 helpful votes
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
John 20:23 ESV / 42 helpful votes
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”
John 5:24 ESV / 41 helpful votes
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
Titus 1:5-9 ESV / 40 helpful votes
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
Psalm 133:1 ESV / 40 helpful votes
A Song of Ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
Ephesians 4:11-13 ESV / 38 helpful votes
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
1 Timothy 3:14-15 ESV / 36 helpful votes
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 ESV / 36 helpful votes
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
John 20:31 ESV / 36 helpful votes
But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
Romans 6:3-4 ESV / 35 helpful votes
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Acts 16:30-31 ESV / 35 helpful votes
Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Hebrews 8:2 ESV / 33 helpful votes
A minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man.
Acts 17:24-25 ESV / 32 helpful votes
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
1 Peter 5:2 ESV / 31 helpful votes
Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly;
1 Corinthians 1:17 ESV / 31 helpful votes
For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Matthew 16:15-19 ESV / 29 helpful votes
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 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. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Acts 1:8 ESV / 28 helpful votes
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Psalm 147:1 ESV / 28 helpful votes
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
1 Corinthians 11:18 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
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,
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