Church: Definition Of (Physical)

Place of worship

Church: Names Of, 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; Hsa 9:8; Joe 1:16; Mic 4:2; Zec 7:2; Mat 12:4; 1Ti 3:15; Hbr 10:21; 1Pe 4:17;

HOUSE OF THE LORD,

Exd 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; Eze 44:4; Hag 1:2; Zec 8:9;

SANCTUARY,

Exd 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; Eze 5:11; 42:20; 44:5, 27; 45:3; 48:8, 21; Dan 8:11, 13, 14; 9:17, 26; 11:31; Hbr 8:2; 9:1, 2;

HOUSE OF PRAYER,

Isa 56:7; Mat 21:13;

TABERNACLE,

Exd 26:1; Lev 26:11; Jos 22:19; Psa 15:1; 61:4; 76:2; Hbr 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; Joe 2:1, 15;

HOLY PLACE,

Exd 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; Eze 41:4; 42:13; 45:4; Mat 24:15; Act 6:13; 21:28; Hbr 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.

Church: Holy

Exd 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; Eze 23:39; 1Cr 3:17

Church: Edifices

See SYNAGOGUE; TABERNACLE; TEMPLE.

Church: Definition Of (Spiritual)

The collective body of believers

Church: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics

Called in the O.T.(KJV and others),

THE CONGREGATION,

Exd 12:3, 6, 19, 47; 16:1, 2, 9, 10, 22; Lev 4:13, 15; 10:17; 24:14.

Called in the N.T.
(KJV, but CONGREGATION earlier in Tyndale's translation),

CHURCH,

Mat 16:18; 18:17; Act 2:47; 1Cr 11:18; 14:19, 23, 28, 33, 34; 15:9; Gal 1:13.

Called also:

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,

Hbr 12:23;

CITY OF THE LIVING GOD,

Hbr 12:22;

CONGREGATION OF SAINTS,

Psa 149:1;

CONGREGATION OF THE LORD'S POOR,

Psa 74:19;

DOVE,

Sgs 2:14; 5:2;

FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH,

Eph 3:15;

FLOCK OF GOD,

Eze 34:15; 1Pe 5:2;

FOLD OF CHRIST,

Jhn 10:16;

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FIRSTBORN (people),

Hbr 12:23;

GOLDEN CANDLESTICK (lampstand),

Rev 1:20;

GOD'S BUILDING,

1Cr 3:9;

GOD'S HUSBANDRY (farm),

1Cr 3:9;

GOD'S HERITAGE,

Joe 3:2; 1Pe 5:3;

HABITATION OF GOD,

Eph 2:22;

HEAVENLY JERUSALEM,

Gal 4:26; Hbr 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; Hbr 10:21;

THE GOD OF JACOB,

Isa 2:3;

HOUSE OF CHRIST,

Hbr 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,

Hbr 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,

Eze 43:7;

PLEASANT PORTION,

Jer 12:10;

SANCTUARY OF GOD,

Psa 114:2;

SISTER OF CHRIST,

Sgs 4:12; 5:2;

SPIRITUAL HOUSE,

1Pe 2:5;

SPOUSE OF CHRIST,

Sgs 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,

1Cr 3:16, 17;

TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD,

2Cr 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; 1Cr 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,

Sgs 6:10; Phl 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; 1Cr 10:17; 12:12; Gal 3:28; Eph 4:4.

Privileges of,

Psa 36:8; 87:5.

Worship of, to be attended,

Hbr 10:25.

Harmonious fellowship of,

Psa 133; Jhn 13:34; Act 4:32; Phl 1:4; 2:1; 1Jo 3; 4.

Divisions in, to be shunned,

Rom 16:17; 1Cr 1:10; 3:3.

Baptized (immersed) into by one Spirit,

1Cr 12:13.

Ministers commanded to feed,

Act 20:28.

Is edified by the word,

Rom 12:6; 1Cr 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,

1Cr 11:22.

Defiling of, will be punished,

1Cr 3:17.

Extent of, predicted,

Isa 2:2; Eze 17:2; Dan 2:34, 35.

See ECCLESIASTICISM; JESUS, KINGDOM OF; MINISTERS; USURPATION, IN ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS.

Church: 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; Joe 2:1, 15-17; Zec 8:3; Mat 13:24; 16:18; Act 7:38; 20:28; 1Cr 3:9; 12:28; 15:9; 2Cr 8:1; Eph 1:22, 23; 2:21, 22; 3:15, 21; 5:23-27, 29; Col 1:24; 1Ti 3:14, 15; Hbr 3:6; 12:22, 23; 1Pe 2:5; Rev 1:20; 21:2, 11, 23

Church: 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; Eze 2:3-5; 5:5-17; 16:23; Hsa 2; 4; 6; Joe 2; Amo 6; Mat 21:33-46; Mar 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 BACKSLIDERS;

See CORRUPTION IN, below; BACKSLIDERS.

Church: Beneficence Of

See BENEFICENCE; GIVING; LIBERALITY.

Church: Christ, Head Of

Psa 118:22, 23; Isa 33:22; 55:4; Mat 12:6, 8; 21:42, 43; 23:8, 10; Mar 2:28; 12:10; Luk 6:5; 20:17, 18; Jhn 13:13; 15:1-8; Act 2:36; Rom 8:29; 9:5; 1Cr 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; Hbr 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

Church: Christian, Divinely Established

Mat 16:15-18; Eph 2:20-22; 1Th 1:1; 2Th 1:1; 1Ti 3:15

Church: Corruption In

Hsa 4:9; Mic 3:1-4, 9, 11; Mat 21:33-41, 45; 23:2-7, 13-33; 26:14-16, 59-68; Mar 12:1-12; 14:10, 11; Luk 22:3-6

See BACKSLIDERS, BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL

Church: Decrees Of

Act 15:28, 29; 16:4

Church: Design Of

Rom 3:2; 9:4; Eph 2:20-22; 1Ti 3:15

Church: Dissensions In

1Cr 1:11-13; 3:3, 4; 11:18, 19; 2Cr 12:20, 21

Church: Duty Of, to Ministers

1Cr 16:10, 11; Phl 2:29; 4:10-18; 1Th 5:12, 13; 1Ti 5:17; Hbr 13:7, 17

See MINISTERS

Church: 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; 1Cr 7:17; 11:2, 33, 34; 12:5, 28; 14:26, 33, 40; 16:3, 16; 2Cr 2:2-11; Gal 2:9, 10; Eph 4:11, 12; Phl 1:1; 1Ti 3:1-13; 4:14; 5:1, 22; 2Ti 1:6; Tts 1:5; Hbr 13:17, 24; Jam 5:14, 15; 1Pe 5:1-3; 3Jo 1:9, 10; Jud 1:22, 23

See MINISTERS, DUTIES OF

Church: Rules of Discipline In, Mosaic and Christian

Gen 17:14; Exd 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; 1Cr 4:19, 21; 5:1, 2, 4-7, 11-13; 16:22; 2Cr 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; Tts 1:13; 2:15; 3:10, 11; 2Jo 1:10, 11; Jud 1:22, 23; Rev 22:19

See EXCOMMUNICATION; MINISTERS, DUTIES OF.

Church: 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

Church: Membership In

Isa 44:5; Eze 44:6, 7, 9; Mat 12:50; 19:14; Mar 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; 1Cr 3:11-15; 12:12-28; Eph 4:25; 5:30; Phl 4:3; Rev 21:27

See RIGHTEOUS, DESCRIBED

Church: 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; Eze 17:22-24; 34:23-31; 47:1-12; Dan 2:35, 44, 45; 7:13, 14, 18, 22, 27; 12:1-13; Joe 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; Mar 4:26-32; Luk 7:22; Jhn 8:35; 10:16; Act 2:16-21; Rom 1:5-7; 1Cr 15:24-28; Eph 1:10; Hbr 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

Church: List of Christian Churches

Antioch,

Act 13:1.

Asia,

1Cr 16:19; Rev 1:4.

Babylon,

1Pe 5:13.

Cenchrea,

Rom 16:1.

Caesarea,

Act 18:22.

Cilicia,

Act 15:41.

Corinth,

1Cr 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.

Church: Unity Of

Psa 133:1; Jhn 10:16; 17:11, 21-23; Rom 12:4, 5; 1Cr 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

Church: Triumphant

Gal 4:26; Hbr 12:22, 23; Rev 3:12; 21:3, 10