CHURCH
-(Hebrew: qahal, 'edah; Greek: ekklesia)
-(The people of God; the collective body of believers. (Also,
CONGREGATION, ASSEMBLY, THE BODY OF CHRIST.))
-Called COURTS
Ps 65:4; 84:2,10; 92:13; 96:8; 100:4; 116:19; Isa 1:12;
62:9; Zec 3:7
-HOUSE OF GOD
Ge 28:17,22; Jos 9:23; Jud 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; Ne 6:10; 11:11; 13:11; Ps 42:4; 52:8; 55:14; 84:10;
Ec 5:1; Isa 2:3; Ho 9:8; Joe 1:16; Mic 4:2; Zec 7:2; Mt
12:4; 1Ti 3:15; Heb 10:21; 1Pe 4:17
-HOUSE OF THE LORD
Ex 23:19; 34:26; De 23:18; Jos 6:24; Jud 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; Ps 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; La 2:7; Eze 44:4; Hag 1:2; Zec 8:9
-SANCTUARY
Ex 25:8; Le 19:30; 21:12; Nu 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; Ne 10:39; Ps 20:2; 28:2; 63:2; 68:24;
73:17; 74:3,7; 77:13; 78:69; 150:1; Isa 16:12; 63:18; La
2:7,20; 4:1; Eze 5:11; 42:20; 44:5,27; 45:3; 48:8,21; Da
8:11,13,14; 9:17,26; 11:31; Heb 8:2; 9:1,2
-HOUSE OF PRAYER
Isa 56:7; Mt 21:13
-TABERNACLE
Ex 26:1; Le 26:11; Jos 22:19; Ps 15:1; 61:4; 76:2; Heb
8:2,5; 9:2,11; Re 13:6; 21:3
-TEMPLE
1Sa 1:9; 3:3; 2Ki 11:10,13; Ezr 4:1; Ps 5:7; 11:4; 27:4;
29:9; 48:9; 68:29; Isa 6:1; Mal 3:1; Mt 4:5; 23:16; Lu
18:10; 24:53
-ZION
Ps 9:11; 48:11; 74:2; 132:13; 137:1; Isa 35:10; Jer 31:6;
50:5; Joe 2:1,15
-HOLY PLACE
Ex 28:29; 38:24; Le 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; Ps 24:3;
46:4; 68:17; Ec 8:10; Isa 57:15; Eze 41:4; 42:13; 45:4; Mt
24:15; Ac 6:13; 21:28; Heb 9:12,25
-HOLY TEMPLE
Ps 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
Joh 2:16; 14:2
-HOLY
Ex 30:26-29; 40:9; Le 8:10,11; 16:13; 19:30; 21:12; Nu 7:1;
1Ki 9:3; 1Ch 29:3; 2Ch 3:8; Isa 64:11; Eze 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)
Ex 12:3,6,19,47; 16:1,2,9,10,22; Le 4:13,15; 10:17;
24:14
Called CHURCH in the N. T. (K. J. V.), but CONGREGATION
earlier in Tyndale's translation
Mt 16:18; 18:17; Ac 2:47; 1Co 11:18; 14:19,23,28,33,34;
15:9; Ga 1:13
Also called
ASSEMBLY OF THE SAINTS
Ps 89:7
ASSEMBLY OF THE UPRIGHT
Ps 111:1
BODY OF CHRIST
Eph 1:22,23; Col 1:24
BRANCH OF GOD'S PLANTING
Isa 60:21
BRIDE OF CHRIST
Re 21:9
CHURCH OF GOD
Ac 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
Ps 149:1
CONGREGATION OF THE LORD'S POOR
Ps 74:19
DOVE
So 2:14; 5:2
FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH
Eph 3:15
FLOCK OF GOD
Eze 34:15; 1Pe 5:2
FOLD OF CHRIST
Joh 10:16
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FIRSTBORN (people)
Heb 12:23
GOLDEN CANDLESTICK (lampstand)
Re 1:20
GOD'S BUILDING
1Co 3:9
GOD'S HUSBANDRY (farm)
1Co 3:9
GOD'S HERITAGE
Joe 3:2; 1Pe 5:3
HABITATION OF GOD
Eph 2:22
HEAVENLY JERUSALEM
Ga 4:26; Heb 12:22
HOLY CITY
Re 21:2
HOLY MOUNTAIN
Zec 8:3
HOLY HILL
Ps 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
Ps 28:9; Isa 19:25
ISRAEL OF GOD
Ga 6:16
KING'S DAUGHTER
Ps 45:13
KINGDOM OF GOD
Mt 6:33; 12:28; 19:24; 21:31
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
Mt 3:2; 4:17; 10:7; 5:3,10,19,20
HIS KINGDOM
Ps 103:19; 145:12; Mt 16:28; Lu 1:33
MY KINGDOM
Joh 18:36
THY KINGDOM
Ps 45:6; 145:11,13; Mt 6:10; Lu 23:42
LAMB'S BRIDE
Eph 5:22-32; Re 22:17
LAMB'S WIFE
Re 19:7-9; 21:9
LOT OF GOD'S INHERITANCE
De 32:9
MOUNT ZION
Heb 12:22
MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE
Isa 2:2
NEW JERUSALEM
Re 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
Ps 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
Ps 78:61
SOUGHT OUT, A CITY NOT FORSAKEN
Isa 62:12
THE LORD'S PORTION
De 32:9
TEMPLE OF GOD
1Co 3:16,17
TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD
2Co 6:16
VINEYARD
Jer 12:10; Mt 21:41
Christ's love for
Joh 10:8,11,12; Eph 5:25-32; Re 3:9
Loved by believers
Ps 87:7; 137:5; 1Co 12:25; 1Th 4:9
Is prayed for
Ps 122:6; Isa 62:6
Dear to God
Isa 43:4
Safe under his care
Ps 46:1,2,5
Salt and light of the world
Mt 5:13
Militant
So 6:10; Php 2:25; 2Ti 2:3; 4:7; Phm 1:2
God defends
Ps 89:18; Isa 4:5; 49:25; Mt 16:18
God provides ministers for
Jer 3:15; Eph 4:11,12
Is glorious
Ps 45:13; Eph 5:27
Is clothed in righteousness
Re 10:8
Believers continually added to, by the Lord
Ac 2:47; 5:14; 11:24
Unity of
Ro 12:5; 1Co 10:17; 12:12; Ga 3:28; Eph 4:4
Privileges of
Ps 36:8; 87:5
Worship of, to be attended
Heb 10:25
Harmonious fellowship of
Ps 133; Joh 13:34; Ac 4:32; Php 1:4; 2:1; 1Jo 3; 4
Divisions in, to be shunned
Ro 16:17; 1Co 1:10; 3:3
Baptized (immersed) into by one Spirit
1Co 12:13
Ministers commanded to feed
Ac 20:28
Is edified by the word
Ro 12:6; 1Co 14:4,13; Eph 4:15,16; Col 3:16
The wicked persecute
Ac 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; Eze 17:2; Da 2:34,35
See ECCLESIASTICISM
See JESUS, KINGDOM OF
See MINISTERS
See USURPATION, IN ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS
-UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
De 32:9; Ps 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; Mt 13:24;
16:18; Ac 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; Re 1:20; 21:2,11,23
-BACKSLIDDEN
Ps 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; Ho 2; 4; 6; Joe 2; Am 6; Mt
21:33-46; Mr 12:1-12; Lu 13:6-9; Re 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
See BACKSLIDERS
-BENEFICENCE OF
See BENEFICENCE
See GIVING
See LIBERALITY
-CHRIST, HEAD OF
Ps 118:22,23; Isa 33:22; 55:4; Mt 12:6,8; 21:42,43;
23:8,10; Mr 2:28; 12:10; Lu 6:5; 20:17,18; Joh 13:13;
15:1-8; Ac 2:36; Ro 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; Re 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
Mt 16:15-18; Eph 2:20-22; 1Th 1:1; 2Th 1:1; 1Ti 3:15
-CORRUPTION IN
Ho 4:9; Mic 3:1-4,9,11; Mt 21:33-41,45; 23:2-7,13-33;
26:14-16,59-68; Mr 12:1-12; 14:10,11; Lu 22:3-6
See BACKSLIDERS, BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL
-DECREES OF
Ac 15:28,29; 16:4
-DESIGN OF
Ro 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
De 17:8-13; Mt 16:19; Lu 9:46-48; 22:24-30; Joh 20:23; Ac
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; Ga 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; 3Jo 1:9,10; Jude 1:22,23
See MINISTERS, DUTIES OF
-RULES OF DISCIPLINE IN, MOSAIC AND CHRISTIAN
Ge 17:14; Ex 12:15; 30:33,37,38; Le 7:27; 17:8,9; 19:5-8;
20:18; 22:3; Nu 9:13; 15:31; 19:13,20; De 13:12-18; 17:2-13;
19:16-21; 21:1-9,18-21; 22:13-29; Ezr 10:1-44; Mt 16:19;
18:15-18; Joh 9:22,34,35; 16:2; 20:23; Ro 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; Ga 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; 2Jo 1:10,11; Jude 1:22,23; Re 22:19
See EXCOMMUNICATION
See MINISTERS, DUTIES OF
-LOVE FOR
Ps 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; La 2:11;
3:48-51
-MEMBERSHIP IN
Isa 44:5; Eze 44:6,7,9; Mt 12:50; 19:14; Mr 10:14; Lu
18:16; Joh 15:5,6; Ac 2:41,47; 4:4; 5:14; 9:35,42; 11:21; Ro
12:4,5; 1Co 3:11-15; 12:12-28; Eph 4:25; 5:30; Php 4:3; Re
21:27
See RIGHTEOUS, DESCRIBED
-PROPHECIES CONCERNING PROSPERITY OF
Ge 12:3; 49:10; De 32:21; Ps 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; Da
2:35,44,45; 7:13,14,18,22,27; 12:1-13; Joe 2:26-32; 3:18; Am
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; Mt 8:11; 11:5,11; 13:16,17,31-33; 16:18; Mr 4:26-32;
Lu 7:22; Joh 8:35; 10:16; Ac 2:16-21; Ro 1:5-7; 1Co
15:24-28; Eph 1:10; Heb 12:23,24,27,28; Re 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
Ac 13:1
Asia
1Co 16:19; Re 1:4
Babylon
1Pe 5:13
Cenchrea
Ro 16:1
Caesarea
Ac 18:22
Cilicia
Ac 15:41
Corinth
1Co 1:2
Ephesus
Eph 1:22; Re 2:1
Galatia
Ga 1:2
Galilee
Ac 9:31
Jerusalem
Ac 15:4
Joppa
Ac 9:42
Judaea
Ac 9:31
Laodicea
Re 3:14
Pergamos
Re 2:12
Philadelphia
Re 3:7
Samaria
Ac 9:31
Sardis
Re 3:1
Smyrna
Re 2:8
Syria
Ac 15:41
Thessalonica
1Th 1:1
Thyatira
Re 2:18
-UNITY OF
Ps 133:1; Joh 10:16; 17:11,21-23; Ro 12:4,5; 1Co 10:17;
12:5,12-27; Ga 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
Ga 4:26; Heb 12:22,23; Re 3:12; 21:3,10
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