Bible Verses About Church

The Church is a significant part of our faith. It is the community of believers who come together to worship God and to grow in their faith. The Bible contains scriptures about the Church, from Jesus’ words about the Church being the body of Christ to Paul’s teachings about the Church being the bride of Christ. Here are some of the most inspiring Bible verses about the Church that will help you to appreciate the importance of the Church and its role in our lives.

Now ye are the body of Christ. and members in particular..

~1 Corinthians 12:27

Not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

~Hebrews 10:25

 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

~Ephesians 5:24

News of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

~Acts 11:22

Greet also the church that meets at their house.

Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.

~Romans 16:5

But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

~Acts 8:3

And to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

~Ephesians 5:27

 What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?

~1 Corinthians 5:12

So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.

~Acts 16:5

Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

~Acts 9:31

The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.

~1 Corinthians 16:19

Women  should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

~1 Corinthians 14:34

To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

~Ephesians 3:21

To the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

~Hebrews 12:23

His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

~Ephesians 3:10

And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.

~1 Corinthians 12:28

If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

~Matthew 18:17

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

~Revelation 2:1

 And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.

~1 Corinthians 12:28

To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:

~1 Corinthians 1:2

If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God.

~1 Corinthians 11:16

Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God—

~1 Corinthians 10:32

 Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter!

~1 Corinthians 11:22

 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

~1 Corinthians 15:9

 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout Achaia:

~2 Corinthians 1:1

For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

~Galatians 1:13

(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)

~1 Timothy 3:5

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?

~1 Corinthians 3:16

Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.

~1 Corinthians 7:17

 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God,which he bought with his own blood.

~Acts 20:28

 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.

~1 Corinthians 12:12

 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

~Matthew 16:18

If I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

~1 Timothy 3:15

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.

~Ephesians 5:23

There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

~Galatians 3:28

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

~Ephesians 5:25

Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)

~1 Timothy 3:2-5

22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

~Ephesians 1:22–23

11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up

~Ephesians 4:11-12

For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

~Romans 12:4-5

Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.

~Colossians 1:24

 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

~1 Thessalonians 5:11

For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;

~Romans 12:4-6

From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

~Ephesians 4:16

 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching.

~1 Timothy 4:13

Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

~2 Corinthians 9:7

24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

~1 Corinthians 11:24-26

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

~1 Corinthians 1:1-3

Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— and all the brothers and sisters[a] with me,

To the churches in Galatia:

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

~Galatians 1:1-5

Paul, Silas and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace and peace to you.

Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians’ Faith

We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers.

~1 Thessalonians 1:1-2

And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

~Luke 22:19

34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

~John 13:34-35

What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.

~1 Corinthians 14:26

For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”

~Matthew 18:20

These I will bring to my holy mountain
    and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
    will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
    a house of prayer for all nations.”

~Isaiah 56:7

Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

~Psalm 84:10

 Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.

~Colossians 1:24

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

~Acts 2:1

 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,

~Acts 2:46

One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon.

~Acts 3:1

Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.

~James 5:14

Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters, even though they are strangers to you.

~3 John 1:5

praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

~Acts 2:47

For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

~1 Corinthians 3:11

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.

~Acts 12:5

Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.

~Acts 5:11

I rejoiced with those who said to me,
    “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

~Psalm 122:1

 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.”

~Matthew 13:33

Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.

~Luke 14:23

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,

~Ephesians 4:11

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household,

~Ephesians 2:19

If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

~1 Corinthians 12:26

25 and when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

26 From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. 27 On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

~Acts 14:25–27

 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

~Ephesians 4:3