| CHURCH The Collective Body of Believers MISCELLANEOUS MINOR SUB-TOPICS Called THE CONGREGATION in the Old Testament Exodus 12:3,6,19,47; 16:1,2,9,10,22; Leviticus 4:13,15; 10:17; Leviticus 24:14 Called CHURCH in the New Testament Matthew 16:18; 18:17; Acts 2:47; 1Corinthians 11:18; 14:19,23,28,33,34; 15:9; Galatians 1:13 Called: ASSEMBLY OF THE SAINTS Psalms 89:7 ASSEMBLY OF THE UPRIGHT Psalms 111:1
BODY OF CHRIST Ephesians 1:22,23; Colossians 1:24 BRANCH OF GOD'S PLANTING Isaiah 60:21 BRIDE OF CHRIST Revelation 21:9 CHURCH OF GOD Acts 20:28 CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD 1Timothy 3:15 CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN Hebrews 12:23 CITY OF THE LIVING GOD Hebrews 12:22 CONGREGATION OF SAINTS Psalms 149:1 CONGREGATION OF THE LORD'S POOR Psalms 74:19 DOVE Solomon 2:14; 5:2 FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH Ephesians 3:15 FLOCK OF GOD Ezekiel 34:15; 1Peter 5:2 FOLD OF CHRIST John 10:16 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FIRSTBORN Hebrews 12:23 GOLDEN CANDLESTICK Revelation 1:20 GOD'S BUILDING 1Corinthians 3:9 GOD'S HUSBANDRY 1Corinthians 3:9 GOD'S HERITAGE Joel 3:2; 1Peter 5:3 HABITATION OF GOD Ephesians 2:22 HEAVENLY JERUSALEM Galatians 4:26; Hebrews 12:22 HOLY CITY Revelation 21:2 HOLY MOUNTAIN Zechariah 8:3 HOLY HILL Psalms 2:6; 15:1 HOUSE OF GOD 1Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 10:21 THE GOD OF JACOB Isaiah 2:3 HOUSE OF CHRIST Hebrews 3:6 HOUSEHOLD OF GOD Ephesians 2:19 INHERITANCE Psalms 28:9; Isaiah 19:25 ISRAEL OF GOD Galatians 6:16 KING'S DAUGHTER Psalms 45:13 KINGDOM OF GOD Matthew 6:33; 12:28; 19:24; 21:31 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Matthew 3:2; 4:17; 10:7; 5:3,10,19,20 HIS KINGDOM Psalms 103:19; 145:12; Matthew 16:28; Luke 1:33 MY KINGDOM John 18:36 THY KINGDOM Psalms 45:6; 145:11,13; Matthew 6:10; Luke 23:42 LAMB'S BRIDE Ephesians 5:22-32; Revelation 22:17 LAMB'S WIFE Revelation 19:7-9; 21:9 LOT OF GOD'S INHERITANCE Deuteronomy 32:9 MOUNT ZION Hebrews 12:22 MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE Isaiah 2:2 NEW JERUSALEM Revelation 21:2 PILLAR AND GROUND OF THE TRUTH 1Timothy 3:15 PLACE OF GOD'S THRONE Ezekiel 43:7 PLEASANT PORTION Jeremiah 12:10 SANCTUARY OF GOD Psalms 114:2 SISTER OF CHRIST Solomon 4:12; 5:2 SPIRITUAL HOUSE 1Peter 2:5 SPOUSE OF CHRIST Solomon 4:12; 5:1 STRENGTH AND GLORY OF GOD Psalms 78:61 SOUGHT OUT, A CITY NOT FORSAKEN Isaiah 62:12 THE LORD'S PORTION Deuteronomy 32:9 TEMPLE OF GOD 1Corinthians 3:16,17 TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD 2Corinthians 6:16 VINEYARD Jeremiah 12:10; Matthew 21:41
Christ's love for John 10:8,11,12; Ephesians 5:25-32; Revelation 3:9
Loved by believers Psalms 87:7; 137:5; 1Corinthians 12:25; 1Thessalonians 4:9 Is prayed for Psalms 122:6; Isaiah 62:6 Dear to God Isaiah 43:4 Safe under his care Psalms 46:1,2,5 Salt and light of the world Matthew 5:13 Militant Solomon 6:10; Philippians 2:25; 2Timothy 2:3; 4:7; Philemon 1:2 God defends Psalms 89:18; Isaiah 4:5; 49:25; Matthew 16:18 God provides ministers for Jeremiah 3:15; Ephesians 4:11,12 Is glorious Psalms 45:13; Ephesians 5:27 Is clothed in righteousness Revelation 10:8 Believers continually added to, by the Lord Acts 2:47; 5:14; 11:24 Unity of Romans 12:5; 1Corinthians 10:17; 12:12; Galatians 3:28; Ephesians 4:4 Privileges of Psalms 36:8; 87:5 Worship of, to be attended Hebrews 10:25 Harmonious fellowship of Psalms 133; John 13:34; Acts 4:32; Philippians 1:4; 2:1; 1John 3; 4 Divisions in, to be shunned Romans 16:17; 1Corinthians 1:10; 3:3 Baptized (immersed) into by one Spirit 1Corinthians 12:13 Ministers commanded to feed Acts 20:28 Is edified by the word Romans 12:6; 1Corinthians 14:4,13; Ephesians 4:15,16; Colossians 3:16 The wicked persecute Acts 8:1-3; 1Thessalonians 2:14,15 Not to be despised 1Corinthians 11:22 Defiling of, will be punished 1Corinthians 3:17 Extent of, predicted Isaiah 2:2; Ezekiel 17:2; Daniel 2:34,35 - See ECCLESIASTICISM, JESUS, KINGDOM OF, MINISTERS, USURPATION, IN ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS
BACKSLIDDEN Psalms 12:1; 80:1-19; Isaiah 1:2-27; 17:9-11; 43:22-28; Jeremiah 2:5-34; 3:1-25; 8:5-22; 9:1-3; 10:19-22; 18:11-17; 50:4-7; Ezekiel 2:3-5; 5:5-17; 16:23; Hosea 2; 4; 6; Joel 2; Amos 6; Matthew 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12; Luke 13:6-9; Revelation 2:1-6,12-25; 3:1-4,14-20
BENEFICENCE OF CHRIST, HEAD OF Psalms 118:22,23; Isaiah 33:22; 55:4; Matthew 12:6,8; 21:42,43; 23:8,10; Mark 2:28; 12:10; Luke 6:5; 20:17,18; John 13:13; 15:1-8; Acts 2:36; Romans 8:29; 9:5; 1Corinthians 3:11; 11:3; 12:5; Ephesians 1:10,22,23; 2:20-22; 4:15; 5:23-32; Colossians 1:13,18; 2:10,19; 3:11; Hebrews 3:3,6; 1Peter 2:7; Revelation 1:13; 2:1,9,12,13,18,19; 3:1,7; 5:6; 21:22,23; 22:16 CHRISTIAN, DIVINELY ESTABLISHED Matthew 16:15-18; Ephesians 2:20-22; 1Thessalonians 1:1; 2Thessalonians 1:1; 1Timothy 3:15 CORRUPTION IN Hosea 4:9; Micah 3:1-4,9,11; Matthew 21:33-41,45; 23:2-7,13-33; 26:14-16,59-68; Mark 12:1-12; 14:10,11; Luke 22:3-6 DECREES OF Acts 15:28,29; 16:4 DESIGN OF Romans 3:2; 9:4; Ephesians 2:20-22; 1Timothy 3:15 DISSENSIONS IN 1Corinthians 1:11-13; 3:3,4; 11:18,19; 2Corinthians 12:20,21 DUTY OF, TO MINISTERS 1Corinthians 16:10,11; Philippians 2:29; 4:10-18; 1Thessalonians 5:12,13; 1Timothy 5:17; Hebrews 13:7,17 GOVERNMENT OF, MOSAIC AND CHRISTIAN Deuteronomy 17:8-13; Matthew 16:19; Luke 9:46-48; 22:24-30; John 20:23; Acts 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; 1Corinthians 7:17; 11:2,33,34; 12:5,28; 14:26,33,40; 16:3,16; 2Corinthians 2:2-11; Galatians 2:9,10; Ephesians 4:11,12; Philippians 1:1; 1Timothy 3:1-13; 4:14; 5:1,22; 2Timothy 1:6; Titus 1:5; Hebrews 13:17,24; James 5:14,15; 1Peter 5:1-3; 3John 1:9,10; Jude 1:22,23 RULES OF DISCIPLINE IN, MOSAIC AND CHRISTIAN Genesis 17:14; Exodus 12:15; 30:33,37,38; Leviticus 7:27; 17:8,9; 19:5-8; 20:18; 22:3; Numbers 9:13; 15:31; 19:13,20; Deuteronomy 13:12-18; 17:2-13; 19:16-21; 21:1-9,18-21; 22:13-29; Ezra 10:1-44; Matthew 16:19; 18:15-18; John 9:22,34,35; 16:2; 20:23; Romans 14:1; 15:1-3; 16:17; 1Corinthians 4:19,21; 5:1,2,4-7,11-13; 16:22; 2Corinthians 2:6-8,10,11; 6:14,15; 7:8; 10:1-11; 13:1,2,10; Galatians 5:10,12; 6:1; 1Thessalonians 5:14; 2Thessalonians 3:6,14,15; 1Timothy 1:19,20; 5:1,2,19,20; 6:3-5; 2Timothy 4:2; Titus 1:13; 2:15; 3:10,11; 2John 1:10,11; Jude 1:22,23; Revelation 22:19 LOVE FOR Psalms 102:14; 122:6,9; 128:5,6; 137:1-6; Isaiah 22:4; 58:12; 62:1,6,7; 66:10,13,14; Jeremiah 9:1; 14:17; 51:50,51; Lamentations 2:11; 3:48-51 MEMBERSHIP IN Isaiah 44:5; Ezekiel 44:6,7,9; Matthew 12:50; 19:14; Mark 10:14; Luke 18:16; John 15:5,6; Acts 2:41,47; 4:4; 5:14; 9:35,42; 11:21; Romans 12:4,5; 1Corinthians 3:11-15; 12:12-28; Ephesians 4:25; 5:30; Philippians 4:3; Revelation 21:27 PROPHECIES CONCERNING PROSPERITY OF Genesis 12:3; 49:10; Deuteronomy 32:21; Psalms 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; Isaiah 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; Jeremiah 3:17; 4:2; 16:19-21; 31:7-9,34; 33:22; Ezekiel 17:22-24; 34:23-31; 47:1-12; Daniel 2:35,44,45; 7:13,14,18,22,27; 12:1-13; Joel 2:26-32; 3:18; Amos 9:11,12; Micah 4:1-7; 5:2-15; Habakkuk 2:14; Zephaniah 2:11; 3:9-20; Haggai 2:7-9; Zechariah 2:10,11; 6:15; 8:20-23; 9:1,9-17; 14:8-21; Malachi 1:11; Matthew 8:11; 11:5,11; 13:16,17,31-33; 16:18; Mark 4:26-32; Luke 7:22; John 8:35; 10:16; Acts 2:16-21; Romans 1:5-7; 1Corinthians 15:24-28; Ephesians 1:10; Hebrews 12:23,24,27,28; Revelation 5:10,13,14; 11:15; 12:10; 15:4; 20:4-6; 21:9-27; 22:1-5 LIST OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES Antioch Acts 13:1 Asia 1Corinthians 16:19; Revelation 1:4 Babylon 1Peter 5:13 Cenchrea Romans 16:1 Caesarea Acts 18:22 Cilicia Acts 15:41 Corinth 1Corinthians 1:2 Ephesus Ephesians 1:22; Revelation 2:1 Galatia Galatians 1:2 Galilee Acts 9:31 Jerusalem Acts 15:4 Joppa Acts 9:42 Judaea Acts 9:31 Laodicea Revelation 3:14 Pergamos Revelation 2:12 Philadelphia Revelation 3:7 Samaria Acts 9:31 Sardis Revelation 3:1 Smyrna Revelation 2:8 Syria Acts 15:41 Thessalonica 1Thessalonians 1:1 Thyatira Revelation 2:18
UNITY OF Psalms 133:1; John 10:16; 17:11,21-23; Romans 12:4,5; 1Corinthians 10:17; 12:5,12-27; Galatians 3:26-28; Ephesians 1:10; 2:14-19,21; 3:6,15; 4:4-6,12,13,16,25; Colossians 3:11,15 TRIUMPHANT Galatians 4:26; Hebrews 12:22,23; Revelation 3:12; 21:3,10 UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalms 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; Isaiah 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; Jeremiah 3:14,15; 12:10; 13:11; 31:6,7,12,23; 33:9; 43:7; Joel 2:1,15-17; Zechariah 8:3; Matthew 13:24; 16:18; Acts 7:38; 20:28; 1Corinthians 3:9; 12:28; 15:9; 2Corinthians 8:1; Ephesians 1:22,23; 2:21,22; 3:15,21; 5:23-27,29; Colossians 1:24; 1Timothy 3:14,15; Hebrews 3:6; 12:22,23; 1Peter 2:5; Revelation 1:20; 21:2,11,23
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