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Biblical
Points:
Matthew
16.18
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art
Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it.
John
2.19-22
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy
this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was
this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
22 When therefore he was risen from the dead,
his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they
believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
1
Corinthians 6.19
19 What? know ye not that your body is the
temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are
not your own?
Acts
17.24
24 God that made the world and all things
therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in
temples made with hands;
Isaiah
66.1-2
1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my
throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build
unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
2 For all those things hath mine hand made,
and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I
look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at
my word.
1
Corinthians 3.16-17
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God,
and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him
shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
2
Corinthians 6.16
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God
with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I
will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they
shall be my people.
Ephesians
2.19-22
19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and
foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of
God;
20 And are built upon the foundation of the
apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21 In whom all the building fitly framed
together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22 In whom ye also are builded together for an
habitation of God through the Spirit.
1
Corinthians 12.13
13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into
one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and
have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
24 God
is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in
truth.
1
Peter 3.21
21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth
also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the
answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ:
Ephesians
4.5
5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Romans
6.3-11
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were
baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism
into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory
of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the
likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his
resurrection:
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified
with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we
should not serve sin.
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe
that we shall also live with him:
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the
dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once:
but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be
dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ephesians
2.8
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and
that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Acts
2.5-12
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews,
devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the
multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard
them speak in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and marvelled,
saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue,
wherein we were born?
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the
dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and
Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in
the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and
proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak
in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
12 And they were all amazed, and were in
doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
Acts
2.47
47 Praising God, and having favour with all
the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be
saved.
Acts
9.31
31 Then had the churches rest throughout all
Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear
of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
John
17.20
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for
them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Galatians
3.25-28
25 But after that faith is come, we are no
longer under a schoolmaster.
26 For ye are all the children of God by faith
in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as have been baptized
into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all
one in Christ Jesus.
Romans
8.16
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our
spirit, that we are the children of God:
Hebrews
12.22-23
22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto
the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable
company of angels,
23 To the general assembly and church of the
firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and
to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Romans
12.9-10
9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor
that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with
brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Hebrews
13.1
1 Let brotherly love continue.
1
Thessalonians 4.9-10
9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not
that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one
another.
10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren
which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase
more and more;
Ephesians
2.10
10 For we are his workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we
should walk in them.
1
Peter 2.12
12 Having your conversation honest among the
Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by
your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of
visitation.
Philippians
2.15
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the
sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse
nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.
Matthew
5.43-48
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for
them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father
which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the
good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what
reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what
do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your
Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew
10.18-20
18 And ye shall be brought before governors
and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
19 But when they deliver you up, take no
thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same
hour what ye shall speak.
20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit
of your Father which speaketh in you.
14 And
this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a
witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
2
Timothy 1.8
8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the
testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the
afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
Hebrews
7.8
8 And here men that die receive tithes; but
there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
Revelation
6.9
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw
under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and
for the testimony which they held:
Revelation
12.17
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman,
and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation
20.4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them,
and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were
beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had
not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark
upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with
Christ a thousand years.
Revelation
19.10
10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And
he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy
brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony
of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Acts
18.5
5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from
Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that
Jesus was Christ.
Acts
8.1
1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And
at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at
Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of
Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts
11.26
26 And when he had found him, he brought him
unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled
themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were
called Christians first in Antioch.
Acts
13.1
1 Now there were in the church that was at
Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was
called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up
with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts
14.23
23 And when they had ordained them elders in
every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the
Lord, on whom they believed.
Acts
14.27
27 And when they were come, and had gathered
the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and
how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
Acts
15.41
41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia,
confirming the churches.
23For
the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and
He is the Savior of the body.
Unity
and Diversity in One Body
12 For as the body
is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being
many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13For by one Spirit we
were all baptized into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or
free--and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 14For in
fact the body is not one member but many.
15If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am
not of the body," is it therefore not of the body? 16And
if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not of the
body," is it therefore not of the body? 17If the whole
body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing,
where would be the smelling? 18But now God has set the members,
each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. 19And if they
were all one member, where would the body be?
20But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. 21And
the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; nor
again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." 22No,
much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are
necessary. 23And those members of the body which we think to be
less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable
parts have greater modesty, 24but our presentable parts have no
need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part
which lacks it, 25that there should be no schism in the body,
but that the members should have the same care for one another. 26And
if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is
honored, all the members rejoice with it.
27Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
28And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second
prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings,
helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 29Are all
apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?
30Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all
interpret? 31But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I
show you a more excellent way.
Ephesians
5.25
23 For the husband is the head of the wife,
even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the
body.
Ephesians
1.22-23
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and
gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that
filleth all in all.
1
Corinthians 11.3
3 But I would have you know, that the head of
every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of
Christ is God.
2
Corinthians 11.12
12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may
cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory,
they may be found even as we.
Revelation
21.2
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her
husband.
Ephesians
5.31-32
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father
and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one
flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak
concerning Christ and the church.
1
Peter 2.4-8
4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone,
disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a
spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in the
scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious:
and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
7 Unto you therefore which believe he is
precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders
disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of
offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient:
whereunto also they were appointed.
1
Corinthians 10.4
4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink:
for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock
was Christ.
Hebrews
3.1
1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the
heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession,
Christ Jesus;
Hebrews
2.17
17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to
be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful
high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the
sins of the people.
Hebrews
6.20
20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered,
even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
John
11.52
52 And not for that nation only, but that also
he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered
abroad.
John 3.1-7
1 There
was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said
unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man
can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be
born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb,
and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto
thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter
into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be
born again.
12 Buried
with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith
of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Galatians
3.26-28
26 For ye are all the children of God by faith
in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as have been baptized
into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all
one in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians
2.13-18
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes
were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both
one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity,
even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in
himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16 And that he might reconcile both unto God
in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to you which
were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18 For through him we both have access by one
Spirit unto the Father.
Romans
6.1-11
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in
sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to
sin, live any longer therein?
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were
baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism
into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory
of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the
likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his
resurrection:
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified
with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we
should not serve sin.
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe
that we shall also live with him:
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the
dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once:
but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be
dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
James
2.14-26
14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a
man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and
destitute of daily food,
16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in
peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those
things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is
dead, being alone.
18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I
have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my
faith by my works.
19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou
doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith
without works is dead?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by
works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his
works, and by works was faith made perfect?
23 And the scripture was fulfilled which
saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for
righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
24 Ye see then how that by works a man is
justified, and not by faith only.
25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot
justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent
them out another way?
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead,
so faith without works is dead also.
Hebrews 11.1-10
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped
for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds
were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not
made of things which do appear.
4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more
excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was
righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet
speaketh.
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should
not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for
before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please
him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a
rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things
not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his
house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the
righteousness which is by faith.
8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go
out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed;
and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
9 By faith he sojourned in the land of
promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and
Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
10 For he looked for a city which hath
foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Hebrews
12.1-3
1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about
with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the
sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race
that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher
of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of
God.
3 For consider him that endured such
contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in
your minds.
Acts
1.10-11
10 And while they looked stedfastly toward
heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why
stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from
you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into
heaven.
13 But
I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are
asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the
Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall
not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump
of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:
and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these
words.
1
Thessalonians 5.1-11
1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren,
ye have no need that I write unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day
of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety;
then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with
child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that
that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the
children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others;
but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and
they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober,
putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope
of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but
to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or
sleep, we should live together with him.
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and
edify one another, even as also ye do.
Ephesians
4.1-6
1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord,
beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with
longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit
in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as
ye are called in one hope of your calling;
5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 One God and Father of all, who is above all,
and through all, and in you all.
1
Thessalonians 5.16-24
16 Rejoice evermore.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the
will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
19 Quench not the Spirit.
20 Despise not prophesyings.
21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is
good.
22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you
wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also
will do it.
1
Corinthians 12.7-11
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given
to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word
of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to
another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to
another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers
kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and the
selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
1
Corinthians 12.28-31
28 And God hath set some in the church, first
apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles,
then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all
teachers? are all workers of miracles?
30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak
with tongues? do all interpret?
31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet
shew I unto you a more excellent way.
Romans
12.1-21
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be
ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is
that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me,
to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than
he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to
every man the measure of faith.
4 For as we have many members in one body, and
all members have not the same office:
5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and every one members one of another.
6 Having then gifts differing according to the
grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to
the proportion of faith;
7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering:
or he that teacheth, on teaching;
8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he
that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with
diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor
that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with
brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
11 Not slothful in business; fervent in
spirit; serving the Lord;
12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation;
continuing instant in prayer;
13 Distributing to the necessity of saints;
given to hospitality.
14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and
curse not.
15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep
with them that weep.
16 Be of the same mind one toward another.
Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in
your own conceits.
17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide
things honest in the sight of all men.
18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you,
live peaceably with all men.
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but
rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will
repay, saith the Lord.
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him;
if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of
fire on his head.
21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil
with good.
Ephesians
4.11-12
11 And he gave some, apostles; and some,
prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the
work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
1 Peter
2.9
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth
the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous
light;
1
Peter 4.10-11
10 As every man hath received the gift, even
so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold
grace of God.
11 If any man speak, let him speak as the
oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which
God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ,
to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1
Peter 4.8
8 And above all things have fervent charity
among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Ephesians
5.21
21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the
fear of God.
Acts
1.21-22
21 Wherefore of these men which have companied
with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto
that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a
witness with us of his resurrection.
Ephesians 2.20
20 And are built upon the foundation of the
apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
1
Timothy 3.1-7
1 This is a true saying, if a man desire the
office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband
of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt
to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of
filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having
his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own
house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with
pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them
which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
1
Timothy 5.17
17 Let the elders that rule well be counted
worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and
doctrine.
Titus
1.5-9
5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that
thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders
in every city, as I had appointed thee:
6 If any be blameless, the husband of one
wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the
steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no
striker, not given to filthy lucre;
8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good
men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath
been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to
convince the gainsayers.
1
Timothy 3.8-13
8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not
doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure
conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved; then
let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11 Even so must their wives be grave, not
slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one
wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 For they that have used the office of a
deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in
the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Romans
16.1-2
1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which
is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh
saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of
you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
1
Corinthians 12.1-31
1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I
would not have you ignorant.
2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away
unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no
man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man
can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the
same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of
administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but
it is the same God which worketh all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given
to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word
of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to
another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to
another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers
kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and the
selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
12 For as the body is one, and hath many
members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body:
so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into
one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and
have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
14 For the body is not one member, but many.
15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the
hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not
the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
17 If the whole body were an eye, where were
the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
18 But now hath God set the members every one
of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
19 And if they were all one member, where were
the body?
20 But now are they many members, yet but one
body.
21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I
have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of
you.
22 Nay, much more those members of the body,
which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
23 And those members of the body, which we
think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour;
and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
24 For our comely parts have no need: but God
hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that
part which lacked.
25 That there should be no schism in the body;
but that the members should have the same care one for another.
26 And whether one member suffer, all the
members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice
with it.
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members
in particular.
28 And God hath set some in the church, first
apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles,
then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all
teachers? are all workers of miracles?
30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak
with tongues? do all interpret?
31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet
shew I unto you a more excellent way.
18And
He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
Romans
12.6-8
6 Having then gifts differing according to the
grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to
the proportion of faith;
7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering:
or he that teacheth, on teaching;
8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he
that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with
diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Titus
1.5
5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that
thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders
in every city, as I had appointed thee:
Psalm
127.1
1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour
in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh
but in vain.
Acts
17.23-28
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your
devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24 God that made the world and all things
therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in
temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as
though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and
all things;
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of
men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the
times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply
they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every
one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our
being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his
offspring.
32 Fear
not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the
kingdom.
John
15.18-25
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it
hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would
love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you
out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The
servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they
will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours
also.
21 But all these things will they do unto you
for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them,
they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works
which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both
seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word
might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a
cause.
John
17.14-21
14 I have given them thy word; and the world
hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of
the world.
15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them
out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not
of the world.
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word
is truth.
18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even
so have I also sent them into the world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that
they also might be sanctified through the truth.
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for
them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father,
art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world
may believe that thou hast sent me.
John
15.26-27
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will
send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth
from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye
have been with me from the beginning.
1 Peter 2.9-10
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth
the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous
light;
10 Which in time past were not a people, but
are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have
obtained mercy.
Philippians
2.15-16
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the
sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse
nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may
rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither
laboured in vain.
Ephesians
4.12-16
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the
work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the
measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
14 That we henceforth be no more children,
tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the
sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to
deceive;
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up
into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
16 From whom the whole body fitly joined
together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to
the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the
body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Romans 11.25-26
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should
be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits;
that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the
Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is
written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away
ungodliness from Jacob:
Ephesians 5.17
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but
understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Colossians
1.22
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to
present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
1 Thessalonians 4.14-18
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the
Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall
not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump
of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:
and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these
words.
Matthew 25.1-3
1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened
unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the
bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five were
foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and
took no oil with them:
Revelation 19.7-9
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour
to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made
herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be
arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the
righteousness of saints.
9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are
they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith
unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Revelation 3.21
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit
with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my
Father in his throne.
Revelation 22.3-5
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the
throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve
him:
4 And they shall see his face; and his name
shall be in their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there; and they
need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them
light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
2 Peter 1.11
11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto
you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ.
Hebrews 11.10
10 For he looked for a city which hath
foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
John 14.1-3
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe
in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if
it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye
may be also.
Revelation 21.1-27
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for
the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no
more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her
husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven
saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with
them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them,
and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying,
neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed
away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said,
Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words
are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst
of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things;
and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters,
and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire
and brimstone: which is the second death.
9 And there came unto me one of the seven
angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and
talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the
Lamb's wife.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a
great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy
Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11 Having the glory of God: and her light was
like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as
crystal;
12 And had a wall great and high, and had
twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon,
which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13 On the east three gates; on the north three
gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
14 And the wall of the city had twelve
foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he that talked with me had a golden
reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the
length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed,
twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it
are equal.
17 And he measured the wall thereof, an
hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that
is, of the angel.
18 And the building of the wall of it was of
jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city
were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation
was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an
emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius;
the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth,
a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls:
every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure
gold, as it were transparent glass.
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord
God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
23 And the city had no need of the sun,
neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it,
and the Lamb is the light thereof.
24 And the nations of them which are saved
shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their
glory and honour into it.
25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at
all by day: for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall bring the glory and honour
of the nations into it.
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it
any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh
a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Revelation 22.1-5
1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of
life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the
Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on
either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve
manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the
tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the
throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve
him:
4 And they shall see his face; and his name
shall be in their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there; and they
need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them
light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Revelation
22.17-20
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And
let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And
whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth
the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these
things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the
words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of
the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are
written in this book.
20 He which testifieth these things saith,
Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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