Church

-(Hebrew: qahal, 'edah; Greek: ekklesia) -(The people of God; the collective body of believers. (Also, CONGREGATION, ASSEMBLY, THE BODY OF CHRIST.)) -Called COURTS PSA 65:4; 84:2,10; 92:13; 96:8; 100:4; 116:19; ISA 1:12; 62:9; ZEC 3:7 -HOUSE OF GOD GEN 28:17,22; JOS 9:23; JDG 18:31; 20:18,26; 21:2; 1CH 9:11; 24:5; 2CH 5:14; 22:12; 24:13; 33:7; 36:19; EZR 5:8,15; 7:20,23; NEH 6:10; 11:11; 13:11; PSA 42:4; 52:8; 55:14; 84:10; ECC 5:1; ISA 2:3; HOS 9:8; JOL 1:16; MIC 4:2; ZEC 7:2; MAT 12:4; 1TI 3:15; HEB 10:21; 1PE 4:17 -HOUSE OF THE LORD EXO 23:19; 34:26; DEU 23:18; JOS 6:24; JDG 19:18; 1SA 1:7,24; 2SA 12:20; 1KI 3:1; 6:37; 7:40; 8:10,63; 10:5; 2KI 11:3,4,15,18,19; 12:4,9,10,13,16; 16:18; 20:8; 23:2,7,11; 25:9; 1CH 6:31; 22:1,11,14; 23:4; 26:12; 2CH 8:16; 26:21; 29:5,15; 33:15; 34:15; 36:14; EZR 7:27; PSA 23:6; 27:4; 92:13; 116:19; 118:26; 122:1,9; 134:1; ISA 2:2; 37:14; JER 17:26; 20:1,2; 26:2,7; 28:1,5; 29:26; 35:2; 36:5,6; 38:14; 41:5; 51:51; LAM 2:7; EZK 44:4; HAG 1:2; ZEC 8:9 -SANCTUARY EXO 25:8; LEV 19:30; 21:12; NUM 3:28; 4:12; 7:9; 8:19; 10:21; 18:1,5; 19:20; 1CH 9:29; 22:19; 24:5; 28:10; 2CH 20:8; 26:18; 29:21; 30:8,19; NEH 10:39; PSA 20:2; 28:2; 63:2; 68:24; 73:17; 74:3,7; 77:13; 78:69; 150:1; ISA 16:12; 63:18; LAM 2:7,20; 4:1; EZK 5:11; 42:20; 44:5,27; 45:3; 48:8,21; DAN 8:11,13,14; 9:17,26; 11:31; HEB 8:2; 9:1,2 -HOUSE OF PRAYER ISA 56:7; MAT 21:13 -TABERNACLE EXO 26:1; LEV 26:11; JOS 22:19; PSA 15:1; 61:4; 76:2; HEB 8:2,5; 9:2,11; REV 13:6; 21:3 -TEMPLE 1SA 1:9; 3:3; 2KI 11:10,13; EZR 4:1; PSA 5:7; 11:4; 27:4; 29:9; 48:9; 68:29; ISA 6:1; MAL 3:1; MAT 4:5; 23:16; LUK 18:10; 24:53 -ZION PSA 9:11; 48:11; 74:2; 132:13; 137:1; ISA 35:10; JER 31:6; 50:5; JOL 2:1,15 -HOLY PLACE EXO 28:29; 38:24; LEV 6:16; 10:17; 14:13; 16:2-24; JOS 5:15; 1KI 8:8; 1CH 23:32; 2CH 29:5; 30:27; 35:5; EZR 9:8; PSA 24:3; 46:4; 68:17; ECC 8:10; ISA 57:15; EZK 41:4; 42:13; 45:4; MAT 24:15; ACT 6:13; 21:28; HEB 9:12,25 -HOLY TEMPLE PSA 5:7; 11:4; 65:4; 79:1; 138:2; JON 2:4,7; MIC 1:2; HAB 2:20; EPH 2:21; 3:17 -MY FATHER'S HOUSE JHN 2:16; 14:2 -HOLY EXO 30:26-29; 40:9; LEV 8:10,11; 16:13; 19:30; 21:12; NUM 7:1; 1KI 9:3; 1CH 29:3; 2CH 3:8; ISA 64:11; EZK 23:39; 1CO 3:17 -EDIFICES -See SYNAGOGUE -See TABERNACLE -See TEMPLE -MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS -Called THE CONGREGATION in the O. T. (K. J. V. and others) EXO 12:3,6,19,47; 16:1,2,9,10,22; LEV 4:13,15; 10:17; 24:14 -Called CHURCH in the N. T. (K. J. V.), but CONGREGATION earlier in Tyndale's translation MAT 16:18; 18:17; ACT 2:47; 1CO 11:18; 14:19,23,28,33,34; 15:9; GAL 1:13 -Also called -ASSEMBLY OF THE SAINTS PSA 89:7 -ASSEMBLY OF THE UPRIGHT PSA 111:1 -BODY OF CHRIST EPH 1:22,23; COL 1:24 -BRANCH OF GOD'S PLANTING ISA 60:21 -BRIDE OF CHRIST REV 21:9 -CHURCH OF GOD ACT 20:28 -CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD 1TI 3:15 -CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN HEB 12:23 -CITY OF THE LIVING GOD HEB 12:22 -CONGREGATION OF SAINTS PSA 149:1 -CONGREGATION OF THE LORD'S POOR PSA 74:19 -DOVE So 2:14; 5:2 -FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH EPH 3:15 -FLOCK OF GOD EZK 34:15; 1PE 5:2 -FOLD OF CHRIST JHN 10:16 -GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FIRSTBORN (people) HEB 12:23 -GOLDEN CANDLESTICK (lampstand) REV 1:20 -GOD'S BUILDING 1CO 3:9 -GOD'S HUSBANDRY (farm) 1CO 3:9 -GOD'S HERITAGE JOL 3:2; 1PE 5:3 -HABITATION OF GOD EPH 2:22 -HEAVENLY JERUSALEM GAL 4:26; HEB 12:22 -HOLY CITY REV 21:2 -HOLY MOUNTAIN ZEC 8:3 -HOLY HILL PSA 2:6; 15:1 -HOUSE OF GOD 1TI 3:15; HEB 10:21 -THE GOD OF JACOB ISA 2:3 -HOUSE OF CHRIST HEB 3:6 -HOUSEHOLD OF GOD EPH 2:19 -INHERITANCE PSA 28:9; ISA 19:25 -ISRAEL OF GOD GAL 6:16 -KING'S DAUGHTER PSA 45:13 -KINGDOM OF GOD MAT 6:33; 12:28; 19:24; 21:31 -KINGDOM OF HEAVEN MAT 3:2; 4:17; 10:7; 5:3,10,19,20 -HIS KINGDOM PSA 103:19; 145:12; MAT 16:28; LUK 1:33 -MY KINGDOM JHN 18:36 -THY KINGDOM PSA 45:6; 145:11,13; MAT 6:10; LUK 23:42 -LAMB'S BRIDE EPH 5:22-32; REV 22:17 -LAMB'S WIFE REV 19:7-9; 21:9 -LOT OF GOD'S INHERITANCE DEU 32:9 -MOUNT ZION HEB 12:22 -MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE ISA 2:2 -NEW JERUSALEM REV 21:2 -PILLAR AND GROUND OF THE TRUTH 1TI 3:15 -PLACE OF GOD'S THRONE EZK 43:7 -PLEASANT PORTION JER 12:10 -SANCTUARY OF GOD PSA 114:2 -SISTER OF CHRIST So 4:12; 5:2 -SPIRITUAL HOUSE 1PE 2:5 -SPOUSE OF CHRIST So 4:12; 5:1 -STRENGTH AND GLORY OF GOD PSA 78:61 -SOUGHT OUT, A CITY NOT FORSAKEN ISA 62:12 -THE LORD'S PORTION DEU 32:9 -TEMPLE OF GOD 1CO 3:16,17 -TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD 2CO 6:16 -VINEYARD JER 12:10; MAT 21:41 -Christ's love for JHN 10:8,11,12; EPH 5:25-32; REV 3:9 -Loved by believers PSA 87:7; 137:5; 1CO 12:25; 1TH 4:9 -Is prayed for PSA 122:6; ISA 62:6 -Dear to God ISA 43:4 -Safe under his care PSA 46:1,2,5 -Salt and light of the world MAT 5:13 -Militant So 6:10; PHP 2:25; 2TI 2:3; 4:7; PHM 1:2 -God defends PSA 89:18; ISA 4:5; 49:25; MAT 16:18 -God provides ministers for JER 3:15; EPH 4:11,12 -Is glorious PSA 45:13; EPH 5:27 -Is clothed in righteousness REV 10:8 -Believers continually added to, by the Lord ACT 2:47; 5:14; 11:24 -Unity of ROM 12:5; 1CO 10:17; 12:12; GAL 3:28; EPH 4:4 -Privileges of PSA 36:8; 87:5 -Worship of, to be attended HEB 10:25 -Harmonious fellowship of PSA 133; JHN 13:34; ACT 4:32; PHP 1:4; 2:1; 1JN 3; 4 -Divisions in, to be shunned ROM 16:17; 1CO 1:10; 3:3 -Baptized (immersed) into by one Spirit 1CO 12:13 -Ministers commanded to feed ACT 20:28 -Is edified by the word ROM 12:6; 1CO 14:4,13; EPH 4:15,16; COL 3:16 -The wicked persecute ACT 8:1-3; 1TH 2:14,15 -Not to be despised 1CO 11:22 -Defiling of, will be punished 1CO 3:17 -Extent of, predicted ISA 2:2; EZK 17:2; DAN 2:34,35 -See ECCLESIASTICISM -See JESUS, KINGDOM OF -See MINISTERS -See USURPATION, IN ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO DEU 32:9; PSA 2:6; 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; ISA 1:8,27; 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; JER 3:14,15; 12:10; 13:11; 31:6,7,12,23; 33:9; 43:7; JOL 2:1,15-17; ZEC 8:3; MAT 13:24; 16:18; ACT 7:38; 20:28; 1CO 3:9; 12:28; 15:9; 2CO 8:1; EPH 1:22,23; 2:21,22; 3:15,21; 5:23-27,29; COL 1:24; 1TI 3:14,15; HEB 3:6; 12:22,23; 1PE 2:5; REV 1:20; 21:2,11,23 -BACKSLIDDEN PSA 12:1; 80:1-19; ISA 1:2-27; 17:9-11; 43:22-28; JER 2:5-34; 3:1-25; 8:5-22; 9:1-3; 10:19-22; 18:11-17; 50:4-7; EZK 2:3-5; 5:5-17; 16:23; HOS 2; 4; 6; JOL 2; AMO 6; MAT 21:33-46; MRK 12:1-12; LUK 13:6-9; REV 2:1-6,12-25; 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 PSA 118:22,23; ISA 33:22; 55:4; MAT 12:6,8; 21:42,43; 23:8,10; MRK 2:28; 12:10; LUK 6:5; 20:17,18; JHN 13:13; 15:1-8; ACT 2:36; ROM 8:29; 9:5; 1CO 3:11; 11:3; 12:5; EPH 1:10,22,23; 2:20-22; 4:15; 5:23-32; COL 1:13,18; 2:10,19; 3:11; HEB 3:3,6; 1PE 2:7; REV 1:13; 2:1,9,12,13,18,19; 3:1,7; 5:6; 21:22,23; 22:16 -See JESUS, KINGDOM OF -CHRISTIAN, DIVINELY ESTABLISHED MAT 16:15-18; EPH 2:20-22; 1TH 1:1; 2TH 1:1; 1TI 3:15 -CORRUPTION IN HOS 4:9; MIC 3:1-4,9,11; MAT 21:33-41,45; 23:2-7,13-33; 26:14-16,59-68; MRK 12:1-12; 14:10,11; LUK 22:3-6 -See BACKSLIDERS, BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL -DECREES OF ACT 15:28,29; 16:4 -DESIGN OF ROM 3:2; 9:4; EPH 2:20-22; 1TI 3:15 -DISSENSIONS IN 1CO 1:11-13; 3:3,4; 11:18,19; 2CO 12:20,21 -DUTY OF, TO MINISTERS 1CO 16:10,11; PHP 2:29; 4:10-18; 1TH 5:12,13; 1TI 5:17; HEB 13:7,17 -See MINISTERS -GOVERNMENT OF, MOSAIC AND CHRISTIAN DEU 17:8-13; MAT 16:19; LUK 9:46-48; 22:24-30; JHN 20:23; ACT 1:15,23-26; 6:2,3,5,6; 11:22,29,30; 13:1,3,5; 14:23; 15:1-31; 16:4,5; 20:17,28; 1CO 7:17; 11:2,33,34; 12:5,28; 14:26,33,40; 16:3,16; 2CO 2:2-11; GAL 2:9,10; EPH 4:11,12; PHP 1:1; 1TI 3:1-13; 4:14; 5:1,22; 2TI 1:6; TIT 1:5; HEB 13:17,24; JAS 5:14,15; 1PE 5:1-3; 3JN 1:9,10; Jude 1:22,23 -See MINISTERS, DUTIES OF -RULES OF DISCIPLINE IN, MOSAIC AND CHRISTIAN GEN 17:14; EXO 12:15; 30:33,37,38; LEV 7:27; 17:8,9; 19:5-8; 20:18; 22:3; NUM 9:13; 15:31; 19:13,20; DEU 13:12-18; 17:2-13; 19:16-21; 21:1-9,18-21; 22:13-29; EZR 10:1-44; MAT 16:19; 18:15-18; JHN 9:22,34,35; 16:2; 20:23; ROM 14:1; 15:1-3; 16:17; 1CO 4:19,21; 5:1,2,4-7,11-13; 16:22; 2CO 2:6-8,10,11; 6:14,15; 7:8; 10:1-11; 13:1,2,10; GAL 5:10,12; 6:1; 1TH 5:14; 2TH 3:6,14,15; 1TI 1:19,20; 5:1,2,19,20; 6:3-5; 2TI 4:2; TIT 1:13; 2:15; 3:10,11; 2JN 1:10,11; Jude 1:22,23; REV 22:19 -See EXCOMMUNICATION -See MINISTERS, DUTIES OF -LOVE FOR PSA 102:14; 122:6,9; 128:5,6; 137:1-6; ISA 22:4; 58:12; 62:1,6,7; 66:10,13,14; JER 9:1; 14:17; 51:50,51; LAM 2:11; 3:48-51 -MEMBERSHIP IN ISA 44:5; EZK 44:6,7,9; MAT 12:50; 19:14; MRK 10:14; LUK 18:16; JHN 15:5,6; ACT 2:41,47; 4:4; 5:14; 9:35,42; 11:21; ROM 12:4,5; 1CO 3:11-15; 12:12-28; EPH 4:25; 5:30; PHP 4:3; REV 21:27 -See RIGHTEOUS, DESCRIBED -PROPHECIES CONCERNING PROSPERITY OF GEN 12:3; 49:10; DEU 32:21; PSA 2:8; 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; ISA 2:2-5; 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; JER 3:17; 4:2; 16:19-21; 31:7-9,34; 33:22; EZK 17:22-24; 34:23-31; 47:1-12; DAN 2:35,44,45; 7:13,14,18,22,27; 12:1-13; JOL 2:26-32; 3:18; AMO 9:11,12; MIC 4:1-7; 5:2-15; HAB 2:14; ZEP 2:11; 3:9-20; HAG 2:7-9; ZEC 2:10,11; 6:15; 8:20-23; 9:1,9-17; 14:8-21; MAL 1:11; MAT 8:11; 11:5,11; 13:16,17,31-33; 16:18; MRK 4:26-32; LUK 7:22; JHN 8:35; 10:16; ACT 2:16-21; ROM 1:5-7; 1CO 15:24-28; EPH 1:10; HEB 12:23,24,27,28; REV 5:10,13,14; 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 ACT 13:1 -Asia 1CO 16:19; REV 1:4 -Babylon 1PE 5:13 -Cenchrea ROM 16:1 -Caesarea ACT 18:22 -Cilicia ACT 15:41 -Corinth 1CO 1:2 -Ephesus EPH 1:22; REV 2:1 -Galatia GAL 1:2 -Galilee ACT 9:31 -Jerusalem ACT 15:4 -Joppa ACT 9:42 -Judaea ACT 9:31 -Laodicea REV 3:14 -Pergamos REV 2:12 -Philadelphia REV 3:7 -Samaria ACT 9:31 -Sardis REV 3:1 -Smyrna REV 2:8 -Syria ACT 15:41 -Thessalonica 1TH 1:1 -Thyatira REV 2:18 -UNITY OF PSA 133:1; JHN 10:16; 17:11,21-23; ROM 12:4,5; 1CO 10:17; 12:5,12-27; GAL 3:26-28; EPH 1:10; 2:14-19,21; 3:6,15; 4:4-6,12,13,16,25; COL 3:11,15 -See ECCLESIASTICISM -TRIUMPHANT GAL 4:26; HEB 12:22,23; REV 3:12; 21:3,10