CHURCH in the Bible

-(Hebrew: qahal, 'edah; Greek: ekklesia) -(The people of God; the collective body of believers. (Also, CONGREGATION, ASSEMBLY, THE BODY OF CHRIST.)) -Called COURTS ; 84:2,10; 92:13; 96:8; 100:4; 116:19; ; 62:9; -HOUSE OF GOD ,22; ; ; 20:18,26; 21:2; ; 24:5; ; 22:12; 24:13; 33:7; 36:19; ,15; 7:20,23; ; 11:11; 13:11; ; 52:8; 55:14; 84:10; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; -HOUSE OF THE LORD ; 34:26; ; ; ; ,24; ; ; 6:37; 7:40; 8:10,63; 10:5; ,4,15,18,19; 12:4,9,10,13,16; 16:18; 20:8; 23:2,7,11; 25:9; ; 22:1,11,14; 23:4; 26:12; ; 26:21; 29:5,15; 33:15; 34:15; 36:14; ; ; 27:4; 92:13; 116:19; 118:26; 122:1,9; 134:1; ; 37:14; ; 20:1,2; 26:2,7; 28:1,5; 29:26; 35:2; 36:5,6; 38:14; 41:5; 51:51; ; ; ; -SANCTUARY ; ; 21:12; ; 4:12; 7:9; 8:19; 10:21; 18:1,5; 19:20; ; 22:19; 24:5; 28:10; ; 26:18; 29:21; 30:8,19; ; ; 28:2; 63:2; 68:24; 73:17; 74:3,7; 77:13; 78:69; 150:1; ; 63:18; ,20; 4:1; ; 42:20; 44:5,27; 45:3; 48:8,21; ,13,14; 9:17,26; 11:31; ; 9:1,2 -HOUSE OF PRAYER ; -TABERNACLE ; ; ; ; 61:4; 76:2; ,5; 9:2,11; ; 21:3 -TEMPLE ; 3:3; ,13; ; ; 11:4; 27:4; 29:9; 48:9; 68:29; ; ; ; 23:16; ; 24:53 -ZION ; 48:11; 74:2; 132:13; 137:1; ; ; 50:5; ,15 -HOLY PLACE ; 38:24; ; 10:17; 14:13; 16:2-24; ; ; ; ; 30:27; 35:5; ; ; 46:4; 68:17; ; ; ; 42:13; 45:4; ; ; 21:28; ,25 -HOLY TEMPLE ; 11:4; 65:4; 79:1; 138:2; ,7; ; ; ; 3:17 -MY FATHER'S HOUSE ; 14:2 -HOLY -29; 40:9; ,11; 16:13; 19:30; 21:12; ; ; ; ; ; ; -EDIFICES -See SYNAGOGUE -See TABERNACLE -See TEMPLE -MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS -Called THE CONGREGATION in the O. T. (K. J. V. and others) ,6,19,47; 16:1,2,9,10,22; ,15; 10:17; 24:14 -Called CHURCH in the N. T. (K. J. V.), but CONGREGATION earlier in Tyndale's translation ; 18:17; ; ; 14:19,23,28,33,34; 15:9; -Also called -ASSEMBLY OF THE SAINTS -ASSEMBLY OF THE UPRIGHT -BODY OF CHRIST ,23; -BRANCH OF GOD'S PLANTING -BRIDE OF CHRIST -CHURCH OF GOD -CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD -CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN -CITY OF THE LIVING GOD -CONGREGATION OF SAINTS -CONGREGATION OF THE LORD'S POOR -DOVE So 2:14; 5:2 -FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH -FLOCK OF GOD ; -FOLD OF CHRIST -GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FIRSTBORN (people) -GOLDEN CANDLESTICK (lampstand) -GOD'S BUILDING -GOD'S HUSBANDRY (farm) -GOD'S HERITAGE ; -HABITATION OF GOD -HEAVENLY JERUSALEM ; -HOLY CITY -HOLY MOUNTAIN -HOLY HILL ; 15:1 -HOUSE OF GOD ; -THE GOD OF JACOB -HOUSE OF CHRIST -HOUSEHOLD OF GOD -INHERITANCE ; -ISRAEL OF GOD -KING'S DAUGHTER -KINGDOM OF GOD ; 12:28; 19:24; 21:31 -KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ; 4:17; 10:7; 5:3,10,19,20 -HIS KINGDOM ; 145:12; ; -MY KINGDOM -THY KINGDOM ; 145:11,13; ; -LAMB'S BRIDE -32; -LAMB'S WIFE -9; 21:9 -LOT OF GOD'S INHERITANCE -MOUNT ZION -MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE -NEW JERUSALEM -PILLAR AND GROUND OF THE TRUTH -PLACE OF GOD'S THRONE -PLEASANT PORTION -SANCTUARY OF GOD -SISTER OF CHRIST So 4:12; 5:2 -SPIRITUAL HOUSE -SPOUSE OF CHRIST So 4:12; 5:1 -STRENGTH AND GLORY OF GOD -SOUGHT OUT, A CITY NOT FORSAKEN -THE LORD'S PORTION -TEMPLE OF GOD ,17 -TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD -VINEYARD ; -Christ's love for ,11,12; -32; -Loved by believers ; 137:5; ; -Is prayed for ; -Dear to God -Safe under his care ,2,5 -Salt and light of the world -Militant So 6:10; ; ; 4:7; -God defends ; ; 49:25; -God provides ministers for ; ,12 -Is glorious ; -Is clothed in righteousness -Believers continually added to, by the Lord ; 5:14; 11:24 -Unity of ; ; 12:12; ; -Privileges of ; 87:5 -Worship of, to be attended -Harmonious fellowship of PSA 133; ; ; ; 2:1; 1JN 3; 4 -Divisions in, to be shunned ; ; 3:3 -Baptized (immersed) into by one Spirit -Ministers commanded to feed -Is edified by the word ; ,13; ,16; -The wicked persecute -3; ,15 -Not to be despised -Defiling of, will be punished -Extent of, predicted ; ; ,35 -See ECCLESIASTICISM -See JESUS, KINGDOM OF -See MINISTERS -See USURPATION, IN ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO ; ; 9:11,14; 14:7; 20:2; 46:4,5; 48:1,2,11-13; 50:2; 51:18; 53:6; 65:1; 69:35,36; 74:2; 84:1-10; 87:1-6; 99:2; 102:13,14,16,19-21; 110:2; 111:1; 114:2; 125:1; 126:1,2; 129:5; 132:13-16; 133:1-3; 134:1-3; 137:1-6; 149:2; ,27; 2:3; 4:2-6; 12:6; 14:32; 24:23; 27:2,3; 28:5,16; 31:4,5; 33:5,14,20-24; 35:1-10; 40:9-11; 43:1-7,21,25; 44:23; 49:14-17; 52:1,2,7-12; 59:20; 60:1-6,19-21; 61:1-3; 62:1,3,11,12; 66:8,18; ,15; 12:10; 13:11; 31:6,7,12,23; 33:9; 43:7; ,15-17; ; ; 16:18; ; 20:28; ; 12:28; 15:9; ; ,23; 2:21,22; 3:15,21; 5:23-27,29; ; ,15; ; 12:22,23; ; ; 21:2,11,23 -BACKSLIDDEN ; 80:1-19; -27; 17:9-11; 43:22-28; -34; 3:1-25; 8:5-22; 9:1-3; 10:19-22; 18:11-17; 50:4-7; -5; 5:5-17; 16:23; HOS 2; 4; 6; JOL 2; AMO 6; -46; -12; -9; -6,12-25; 3:1-4,14-20 -Backslidings of Israel -See sub-topic BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL, under [885]BACKSLIDERS -See CORRUPTION IN, below -See BACKSLIDERS -BENEFICENCE OF -See BENEFICENCE -See GIVING -See LIBERALITY -CHRIST, HEAD OF ,23; ; 55:4; ,8; 21:42,43; 23:8,10; ; 12:10; ; 20:17,18; ; 15:1-8; ; ; 9:5; ; 11:3; 12:5; ,22,23; 2:20-22; 4:15; 5:23-32; ,18; 2:10,19; 3:11; ,6; ; ; 2:1,9,12,13,18,19; 3:1,7; 5:6; 21:22,23; 22:16 -See JESUS, KINGDOM OF -CHRISTIAN, DIVINELY ESTABLISHED -18; -22; ; ; -CORRUPTION IN ; -4,9,11; -41,45; 23:2-7,13-33; 26:14-16,59-68; -12; 14:10,11; -6 -See BACKSLIDERS, BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL -DECREES OF ,29; 16:4 -DESIGN OF ; 9:4; -22; -DISSENSIONS IN -13; 3:3,4; 11:18,19; ,21 -DUTY OF, TO MINISTERS ,11; ; 4:10-18; ,13; ; ,17 -See MINISTERS -GOVERNMENT OF, MOSAIC AND CHRISTIAN -13; ; -48; 22:24-30; ; ,23-26; 6:2,3,5,6; 11:22,29,30; 13:1,3,5; 14:23; 15:1-31; 16:4,5; 20:17,28; ; 11:2,33,34; 12:5,28; 14:26,33,40; 16:3,16; -11; ,10; ,12; ; -13; 4:14; 5:1,22; ; ; ,24; ,15; -3; ,10; Jude 1:22,23 -See MINISTERS, DUTIES OF -RULES OF DISCIPLINE IN, MOSAIC AND CHRISTIAN ; ; 30:33,37,38; ; 17:8,9; 19:5-8; 20:18; 22:3; ; 15:31; 19:13,20; -18; 17:2-13; 19:16-21; 21:1-9,18-21; 22:13-29; -44; ; 18:15-18; ,34,35; 16:2; 20:23; ; 15:1-3; 16:17; ,21; 5:1,2,4-7,11-13; 16:22; -8,10,11; 6:14,15; 7:8; 10:1-11; 13:1,2,10; ,12; 6:1; ; ,14,15; ,20; 5:1,2,19,20; 6:3-5; ; ; 2:15; 3:10,11; ,11; Jude 1:22,23; -See EXCOMMUNICATION -See MINISTERS, DUTIES OF -LOVE FOR ; 122:6,9; 128:5,6; 137:1-6; ; 58:12; 62:1,6,7; 66:10,13,14; ; 14:17; 51:50,51; ; 3:48-51 -MEMBERSHIP IN ; ,7,9; ; 19:14; ; ; ,6; ,47; 4:4; 5:14; 9:35,42; 11:21; ,5; -15; 12:12-28; ; 5:30; ; -See RIGHTEOUS, DESCRIBED -PROPHECIES CONCERNING PROSPERITY OF ; 49:10; ; ; 22:27-31; 46:4,10; 65:2; 66:4; 68:31,32; 69:35,36; 72:1-20; 85:10-12; 86:9; 87:4; 89:1-37; 96:1-13; 102:13-16,18-22; 110:1-7; 113:3; 118:24; 126:5,6; 132:15-17; 138:4,5; 145:10,11; -5; 4:2,3,5,6; 9:1-7; 11:1-10; 18:7; 19:24,25; 23:17,18; 24:16; 25:6-8; 29:18-24; 30:20; 32:1-20; 33:5,13-24; 35:1-10; 40:4-11; 41:17-20; 42:1-12; 44:3-5; 45:6,8,14,23,24; 46:12,13; 49:6-12,18-23; 51:3-16; 52:1-15; 53:10-12; 54:1-17; 55:1-13; 56:3-8; 59:19-21; 60:1-22; 61:1-11; 62:1-12; 65:1-25; 66:7-23; ; 4:2; 16:19-21; 31:7-9,34; 33:22; -24; 34:23-31; 47:1-12; ,44,45; 7:13,14,18,22,27; 12:1-13; -32; 3:18; ,12; -7; 5:2-15; ; ; 3:9-20; -9; ,11; 6:15; 8:20-23; 9:1,9-17; 14:8-21; ; ; 11:5,11; 13:16,17,31-33; 16:18; -32; ; ; 10:16; -21; -7; -28; ; ,24,27,28; ,13,14; 11:15; 12:10; 15:4; 20:4-6; 21:9-27; 22:1-5 -See JESUS, KINGDOM OF -LIST OF CONGREGATIONS OF CHRISTIANS -Antioch -Asia ; -Babylon -Cenchrea -Caesarea -Cilicia -Corinth -Ephesus ; -Galatia -Galilee -Jerusalem -Joppa -Judaea -Laodicea -Pergamos -Philadelphia -Samaria -Sardis -Smyrna -Syria -Thessalonica -Thyatira -UNITY OF ; ; 17:11,21-23; ,5; ; 12:5,12-27; -28; ; 2:14-19,21; 3:6,15; 4:4-6,12,13,16,25; ,15 -See ECCLESIASTICISM -TRIUMPHANT ; ,23; ; 21:3,10