Bible References

Part 1: Ecclesiology: The Doctrine of the Church

Chapter 1: Essence

Leviticus 4:13 “ ‘If Israel’s whole assembly did wrong unintentionally and the matter was concealed from the assembly’s eyes, and they acted against any of Yahweh’s commands that should not be violated, so that they incur guilt,

1 Kings 8:65 Solomon held the festival at that time and all of Israel with him, a great assembly from Lebo Hamath up to the wadi of Egypt before Yahweh our God, for seven days and seven days, a total of fourteen days.

Acts 7:38 This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and who with our fathers received living oracles to give to us,

Acts 13:43 And after the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

James 2:2 For if someone enters into your assembly in fine clothing with a gold ring on his finger, and a poor person in filthy clothing also enters,

Acts 2:39 For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those who are far away, as many as the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Matthew 16:18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it!

Matthew 18:17 And if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses to listen to the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there in the midst of them.”

1 Timothy 3:15 But if I am delayed, I am writing in order that you may know how one must conduct oneself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.

Hebrews 3:6 but Christ was faithful as a son over his house, whose house we are, if we hold fast to our confidence and the hope we can be proud of.

Hebrews 10:21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

Galatians 6:10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the household of faith.

Ephesians 2:19 Consequently, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God,

Matthew 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household?

Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 11:11 Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen one greater than John the Baptist. But the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Acts 2:47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding every day to the total of those who were being saved.

1 Corinthians 12:28 and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Galatians 1:13 For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism, that to an extraordinary degree I was persecuting the church of God, and trying to destroy it,

Acts 20:28 Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he obtained through the blood of his own Son.

Hebrews 12:23 and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,

Romans 16:5 also greet the church in their house. Greet Epenetus my dear friend, who is the first convert of Asia for Christ.

1 Corinthians 16:19 The churches of the province of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you in the Lord many times, together with the church in their house.

Colossians 4:15 Greet the brothers in Laodicea, and Nympha and the church in her house.

Philemon 2 and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house.

Acts 13:1 Now there were prophets and teachers in Antioch in the church that was there: Barnabas, and Simeon (who was called Niger), and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

Acts 8:1 And Saul was agreeing with his murder. Now there happened on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

1 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace.

Philippians 4:15 Now you also know, Philippians, that at the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone,

1 Corinthians 4:17 Because of this, I have sent to you Timothy, who is my dear and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

Romans 16:4 who risked their own necks for my life, for which not only I am thankful, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;

Acts 9:31 Then the church throughout all of Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being strengthened. And living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it was increasing in numbers.

Matthew 16:18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it!

Matthew 18:17 And if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses to listen to the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

1 Corinthians 11:18 For in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

1 Corinthians 11:22 For do you not have houses for eating and drinking? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who do not have anything? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you!

Matthew 18:17 And if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses to listen to the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

Ephesians 5:23 because the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church (he himself being the Savior of the body).

Hosea 2:19 And I will take you as my wife forever;

I will take you as a wife for myself in righteousness and in justice,

in steadfast love and in mercy.

2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Revelation 19:9 And he said to me, “Write: Blessed are those who are invited to the banquet of the wedding celebration of the Lamb!” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

1 Peter 2:4–5 to whom you are drawing near, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in the sight of God. 5 And you yourselves, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Romans 2:28 For the Jew is not one outwardly, nor is circumcision outwardly, in the flesh.

Romans 9:6 But it is not as if the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,

Galatians 6:15 For neither is circumcision anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

Philippians 3:3 For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and do not put confidence in the flesh,

1 Peter 3:4 but the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is highly valuable in the sight of God.

Revelation 2:17 The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give to him some of the hidden manna, and I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, that no one knows except the one who receives it.’

2 Timothy 2:19 However, the solid foundation of God stands firm, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and “Everyone who names the name of the Lord must abstain from unrighteousness.”

1 Corinthians 12:12 For just as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, although they are many, are one body, thus also Christ.

Galatians 3:27–28 for as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:22–23 and he subjected all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.

1 Corinthians 6:17 But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with him.

Ephesians 4:2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love,

Ephesians 4:16 from whom the whole body, joined together and held together by every supporting ligament, according to the working by measure of each single part, the growth of the body makes for the building up of itself in love.

Ephesians 4:4 one body and one Spirit (just as also you were called with one hope of your calling),

Romans 8:17 and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together with him so that we may also be glorified together with him.

Ephesians 4:5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

Matthew 5:13–14 “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, by what will it be made salty? It is good for nothing any longer except to be thrown outside and trampled under foot by people. 14 You are the light of the world. A city located on top of a hill cannot be hidden,

Ephesians 5:8 for you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light

Matthew 16:18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it!

Matthew 28:20 teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days until the end of the age.”

John 10:27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

John 8:31–32 Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you continue in my word you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 8:47 The one who is from God listens to the words of God. Because of this you do not listen—because you are not of God.”

John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and will take up residence with him.

Acts 2:42 And they were devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayers.

Isaiah 8:20 for teaching and for testimony?” surely they who speak like this have no dawn.

Deuteronomy 13:1–2 “If a prophet stands up in your midst or a dreamer of dreams and he gives to you a sign or wonder, 2 and the sign or the wonder comes about that he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods (those whom you have not known), and let us serve them,’

1 John 4:1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

2 John 9 Everyone who goes too far and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in the teaching—this person has both the Father and the Son.

Galatians 1:8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim a gospel to you contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let him be accursed!

Romans 3:2 Much in every way. For first, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

Revelation 2:5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the works you did at first. But if you do not, I am coming to you, and I will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

Galatians 1:8–9 But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim a gospel to you contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let him be accursed! 9 As we said before, and now I say again, if anyone is proclaiming a gospel to you contrary to what you have received, let him be accursed!

Luke 12:32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

Matthew 7:14 because narrow is the gate and constricted is the road that leads to life, and there are few who find it!

Revelation 13:3 And one of its heads appeared as though slaughtered to death, and its fatal wound had been healed. And the whole earth was astonished and followed after the beast.

Revelation 13:16 And he causes all people, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, that they give them a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,

Psalm 19:7 The law of Yahweh is perfect, reviving life.

The testimony of Yahweh is firm, making wise the simple.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.

John 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth—your word is truth.

Deuteronomy 13:1–5 “If a prophet stands up in your midst or a dreamer of dreams and he gives to you a sign or wonder, 2 and the sign or the wonder comes about that he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods (those whom you have not known), and let us serve them,’ 3 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer, for Yahweh your God is testing you to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all of your heart and with all of your inner self. 4 You shall go after Yahweh your God, and him you shall revere, and his commandment you shall keep, and to his voice you shall listen, and him you shall serve, and to him you shall hold fast. 5 But that prophet or the dreamer of that dream shall be executed, for he spoke falsely about Yahweh your God, the one bringing you out from the land of Egypt and the one redeeming you from the house of slavery, in order to seduce you from the way that Yahweh your God commanded you to go in it; so in this way you shall purge the evil from your midst.

John 16:33 I have said these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but have courage! I have conquered the world.”

Chapter 2: Organization, Discipline, Offices

Matthew 18:18 “Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven.

Matthew 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven.”

Romans 3:2 Much in every way. For first, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

2 Corinthians 5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as if God were imploring you through us. We beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

1 Timothy 4:13 Until I come, pay attention to the public reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

2 Timothy 2:15 Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, a worker having no need to be ashamed, guiding the word of truth along a straight path.

Matthew 28:20 teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days until the end of the age.”

1 Corinthians 8:9 But watch out lest somehow this right of yours becomes a cause for stumbling to the weak.

1 Corinthians 8:13 Therefore, if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat forever, in order that I may not cause my brother to sin.

1 Corinthians 10:23 All things are permitted, but not all things are profitable. All things are permitted, but not all things build up.

1 Corinthians 10:25 Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for the sake of the conscience,

1 Corinthians 10:27 If any of the unbelievers invites you, and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of the conscience.

1 Corinthians 14:40 But let all things be done decently and according to proper procedure.

1 Corinthians 11:34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And I will give directions about the remaining matters whenever I come.

1 Corinthians 16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints: just as I gave directions about it to the churches of Galatia, so you do also.

Genesis 4:14 Look, you have driven me out today from the face of the ground, and from your face I must hide. I will be a wanderer and a fugitive on the earth, and it will happen that whoever finds me will kill me.”

Ezekiel 44:28 And thus it will be to them as regards inheritance, that I am their inheritance, and so you shall not give to them property in Israel; I am their property.

Ezekiel 44:9 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Every foreigner uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh shall not come into my sanctuary—not any of the foreigners who are in the midst of the Israelites.

Ezra 10:8 Anyone who did not come within three days, by decision of the officials and elders, all of his possessions would be devoted to God, and he himself would be excluded from the assembly of exiles.

Luke 6:22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

John 9:22 (His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already decided that if anyone should confess him to be Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.

John 12:42 Yet despite that, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be expelled from the synagogue.

John 16:2 They will expel you from the synagogue, but an hour is coming that everyone who kills you will think they are offering service to God.

Matthew 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven.”

Matthew 18:17 And if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses to listen to the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

2 Thessalonians 3:14–15 But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note not to associate with him, in order that he may be put to shame. 15 And do not consider him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Titus 3:10–11 Reject a divisive person after a first and second admonition, 11 knowing that such a person is perverted and is sinning, being self-condemned.

2 John 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not speak a greeting to him,

1 Timothy 1:20 among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, in order that they may be taught not to blaspheme.

Romans 16:17 Now I exhort you, brothers, to look out for those who cause dissensions and temptations contrary to the teaching which you learned, and stay away from them.

1 Corinthians 5:2–7 And you are inflated with pride, and should you not rather have mourned, so that the one who has done this deed would be removed from your midst? 3 For although I am absent in body but present in spirit, I have already passed judgment on the one who has done this in this way, as if I were present. 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and my spirit, together with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5 I have decided to hand over such a person to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, in order that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough? 7 Clean out the old leaven in order that you may be a new batch of dough, just as you are unleavened. For Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.

1 Corinthians 5:5 I have decided to hand over such a person to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, in order that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

Acts 13:9–11 But Saul (also called Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10 and said, “O you who are full of all deceit and of all unscrupulousness, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness! Will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord! 11 And now behold, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a while. And immediately mist and darkness fell over him, and he was going around looking for people to lead him by the hand.

1 Timothy 1:20 among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, in order that they may be taught not to blaspheme.

1 Corinthians 5:6–7 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough? 7 Clean out the old leaven in order that you may be a new batch of dough, just as you are unleavened. For Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.

1 Corinthians 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother, since otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

Acts 2:39 For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those who are far away, as many as the Lord our God calls to himself.”

1 Corinthians 5:9–12 I wrote to you in the letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. 10 By no means did I mean the sexually immoral people of this world or the greedy people and swindlers or idolaters, since then you would have to depart out of the world. 11 But now I have written to you not to associate with any so-called brother, if he is a sexually immoral person or a greedy person or an idolater or an abusive person or a drunkard or a swindler—with such a person not even to eat. 12 For what is it to me to judge those outside? Should you not judge those inside?

2 Thessalonians 3:15 And do not consider him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Titus 3:10 Reject a divisive person after a first and second admonition,

Ephesians 4:11 And he himself gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as pastors and teachers

1 Corinthians 12:28 and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

Romans 12:6–8 but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if it is prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; 7 if it is service, by service; if it is one who teaches, by teaching; 8 if it is one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Romans 12:7 if it is service, by service; if it is one who teaches, by teaching;

1 Corinthians 12:28 and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

2 Corinthians 8:23 If there is a question concerning Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. If there is a question concerning our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.

Luke 6:13 And when day came, he summoned his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he also named apostles:

Acts 1:2 until the day he was taken up, after he had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen,

Acts 1:8 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 farthest part of the earth.”

Matthew 19:28 And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you that in the renewal of the world, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me—you also will sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Luke 22:30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Acts 1:26 And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was added to serve with the eleven apostles.

Revelation 21:14 And the wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Romans 11:13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Therefore, inasmuch as I am apostle to the Gentiles, I promote my ministry,

Galatians 2:8 (for the one who was at work through Peter for his apostleship to the circumcision was at work also through me for the Gentiles),

Matthew 10:8 Heal those who are sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, expel demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

Matthew 11:1 And it happened that when Jesus had finished giving orders to his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and to preach in their towns.

Mark 6:7 And he summoned the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

Luke 9:2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

Galatians 1:1 Paul, an apostle not from men nor by men but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead,

John 15:27 And you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

Acts 1:21–22 Therefore it is necessary for one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time in which the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us, 22 beginning from the baptism of John until the day on which he was taken up from us—one of these men must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”

1 Corinthians 9:1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

1 Corinthians 15:8 and last of all, as it were to one born at the wrong time, he appeared also to me.

Matthew 10:19 But whenever they hand you over, do not be anxious how to speak or what you should say, for what you should say will be given to you at that hour.

Luke 12:12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what it is necessary to say.”

John 14:26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name—that one will teach you all things, and will remind you of everything that I said to you.

John 16:13 But when he—the Spirit of truth—comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will proclaim to you the things to come.

Acts 4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,

Acts 15:28 For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us to place on you no greater burden except these necessary things:

1 Thessalonians 4:8 Therefore the one who rejects this is not rejecting man, but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.

Galatians 2:13 and the rest of the Jews also joined in this hypocrisy with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with them in their hypocrisy.

Acts 3:15–16 And you killed the originator of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses! 16 And on the basis of faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know, and the faith that is through him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.

Hebrews 2:3–4 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation which had its beginning when it was spoken through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard, 4 while God was testifying at the same time by signs and wonders and various miracles and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to his will.

Galatians 2:8 (for the one who was at work through Peter for his apostleship to the circumcision was at work also through me for the Gentiles),

1 Corinthians 9:1–2 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If to others I am not an apostle, yet indeed I am to you, for you are my seal of apostleship in the Lord.

1 Timothy 4:14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, that was granted to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

2 Timothy 1:6 for which reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.

Ephesians 3:5 (which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit):

Ephesians 2:20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

Ephesians 4:11 And he himself gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as pastors and teachers

1 Timothy 1:18 I am setting before you this instruction, Timothy my child, in accordance with the prophecies spoken long ago about you, in order that by them you may fight the good fight,

1 Timothy 4:14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, that was granted to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

1 Corinthians 14:3 But the one who prophesies speaks to people edification and encouragement and consolation.

1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will pass away. If there are tongues, they will cease. If there is knowledge, it will pass away.

Revelation 11:6 These have the authority to shut the sky, so that it does not rain during the days of their prophecy. And they have authority over the waters, to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with every plague as often as they wish.

Acts 13:1–2 Now there were prophets and teachers in Antioch in the church that was there: Barnabas, and Simeon (who was called Niger), and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch), and Saul. 2 And while they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart now for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Acts 11:28 And one of them named Agabus stood up and indicated by the Spirit that a great famine was about to come over the whole inhabited earth (which took place in the time of Claudius).

Titus 1:5 On account of this, I left you behind in Crete, in order that what remains may be set in order and you may appoint elders in every town, as I ordered you.

Titus 3:10 Reject a divisive person after a first and second admonition,

1 Timothy 5:22 Lay hands on no one hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

1 Corinthians 12:28 and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

Acts 20:17 And from Miletus he sent word to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church.

Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons.

1 Timothy 3:2 Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,

1 Timothy 3:8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not insincere, not devoted to much wine, not fond of dishonest gain,

Titus 1:5 On account of this, I left you behind in Crete, in order that what remains may be set in order and you may appoint elders in every town, as I ordered you.

Titus 1:7 For it is necessary for the overseer to be blameless as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain,

1 Timothy 4:14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, that was granted to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

1 Timothy 5:17 The elders who lead well must be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor by speaking and teaching.

Ephesians 4:11 And he himself gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as pastors and teachers

Romans 12:8 if it is one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

1 Timothy 5:17 The elders who lead well must be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor by speaking and teaching.

1 Corinthians 12:28 and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

Ephesians 4:11 And he himself gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as pastors and teachers

Colossians 1:25 of which I became a minister, according to God’s stewardship which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God,

Romans 13:4 for it is God’s servant to you for what is good. But if you do what is bad, be afraid, because it does not bear the sword to no purpose. For it is God’s servant, the one who avenges for punishment on the one who does what is bad.

2 Corinthians 3:6 who also makes us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons.

1 Timothy 3:8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not insincere, not devoted to much wine, not fond of dishonest gain,

1 Timothy 3:12 Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.

Romans 16:1 Now I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is also a servant of the church in Cenchrea,

1 Timothy 3:11 The wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in all things.

Acts 11:30 which they also did, sending the aid to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

John 2:5 His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it!”

John 2:9 Now when the head steward tasted the water which had become wine and did not know where it was from—but the servants who had drawn the water knew—the head steward summoned the bridegroom

Romans 12:8 if it is one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

1 Corinthians 12:28 and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

1 Timothy 3:1 The saying is trustworthy: if anyone aspires to supervision, he desires a good work.

Matthew 18:17 And if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses to listen to the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

1 Corinthians 3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come, all things are yours,

1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord should come, who will both enlighten the hidden things of darkness and will reveal the counsels of hearts, and then praise will come to each one from God.

Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inside are ravenous wolves.

John 10:14 “I am the good shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me,

John 10:27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

1 John 4:1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Galatians 1:8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim a gospel to you contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let him be accursed!

Acts 1:23 And they proposed two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was called Justus) and Matthias.

Acts 11:30 which they also did, sending the aid to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

Acts 14:23 And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, after praying with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

2 Corinthians 8:19 And not only this, but he was also chosen by the churches as our traveling companion together with this gift that is being administered by us to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help.

Acts 15:22 Then it seemed best to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, to send men chosen from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas—Judas who was called Barsabbas and Silas, men who were leaders among the brothers—

Acts 15:25 it seemed best to us, having reached a unanimous decision, and having chosen men, to send them to you together with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

Titus 1:5 On account of this, I left you behind in Crete, in order that what remains may be set in order and you may appoint elders in every town, as I ordered you.

Acts 14:23 And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, after praying with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

Galatians 1:12–22 For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism, that to an extraordinary degree I was persecuting the church of God, and trying to destroy it, 14 and was progressing in Judaism beyond many contemporaries in my nation, because I was a far more zealous adherent of the traditions handed down by my forefathers.

15 But when the one who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace was pleased 16 to reveal his Son in me in order that I would proclaim the gospel about him among the Gentiles, immediately I did not consult with flesh and blood, 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia and I returned again to Damascus. 18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days, 19 but I did not see any others of the apostles except James, the brother of the Lord. 20 (Now the things which I am writing to you, behold, I assure you before God that I am not lying.) 21 Then I came to the regions of Syria and of Cilicia, 22 but I was unknown in person to the churches of Judea that are in Christ,

1 Timothy 4:14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, that was granted to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

Acts 6:6 whom they stood before the apostles. And they prayed and placed their hands on them.

Acts 9:17 So Ananias departed and entered into the house, and placing his hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 13:3 Then, after they had fasted and prayed and placed their hands on them, they sent them away.

Acts 8:17 Then they placed their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.

Acts 19:6 And when Paul laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

1 Timothy 4:14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, that was granted to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.

1 Corinthians 11:16 But if anyone is disposed to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

1 Corinthians 14:36 Or has the word of God gone out from you, or has it come to you only?

Acts 15:6 Both the apostles and the elders assembled to deliberate concerning this matter.

Acts 15:12 And the whole group became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describing all the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

Acts 15:25 it seemed best to us, having reached a unanimous decision, and having chosen men, to send them to you together with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

Acts 15:28–29 For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us to place on you no greater burden except these necessary things: 29 that you abstain from food sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these things you will do well.

Farewell.

Part 2: The Means of Grace

Chapter 3: Word and Sacraments

John 1:16 For from his fullness we have all received, and grace after grace.

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

James 1:18 By his will he gave birth to us through the message of truth, so that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

Mark 10:19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’ ”

Leviticus 18:5 And you shall observe my statutes and my regulations by which the person doing them shall live; I am Yahweh.

1 Corinthians 1:30 But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

1 Timothy 3:16 And most certainly, great is the mystery of godliness:

Who was revealed in the flesh,

was vindicated by the Spirit,

was seen by angels,

was proclaimed among the Gentiles,

was believed on in the world,

was taken up in glory.

Revelation 1:20 As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands—the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation 17:7 And the angel said to me, “Why are you astonished? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that has the seven heads and the ten horns that carries her.

1 Corinthians 13:2 And if I have the gift of prophecy and I know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

Ephesians 5:32 (This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.)

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