Church

(Hebrew: qahal, 'edah; Greek: ekklesia)

(The people of God; the collective body of believers. (Also, CONGREGATION, ASSEMBLY, THE BODY OF CHRIST.))

Psalms 65:4; Psalms 84:2,10; Psalms 92:13; Psalms 96:8; Psalms 100:4; Psalms 116:19; Isaiah 1:12; Isaiah 62:9; Zechariah 3:7

Genesis 28:17,22; Joshua 9:23; Judges 18:31; Judges 20:18,26; Judges 21:2; 1 Chronicles 9:11; 1 Chronicles 24:5; 2 Chronicles 5:14; 2 Chronicles 22:12; 2 Chronicles 24:13; 2 Chronicles 33:7; 2 Chronicles 36:19; Ezra 5:8,15; Ezra 7:20,23; Nehemiah 6:10; Nehemiah 11:11; Nehemiah 13:11; Psalms 42:4; Psalms 52:8; Psalms 55:14; Psalms 84:10; Ecclesiastes 5:1; Isaiah 2:3; Hosea 9:8; Joel 1:16; Micah 4:2; Zechariah 7:2; Matthew 12:4; 1 Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 10:21; 1 Peter 4:17

Exodus 23:19; Exodus 34:26; Deuteronomy 23:18; Joshua 6:24; Judges 19:18; 1 Samuel 1:7,24; 2 Samuel 12:20; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 6:37; 1 Kings 7:40; 1 Kings 8:10,63; 1 Kings 10:5; 2 Kings 11:3-4,15,18-19; 2 Kings 12:4,9-10,13,16; 2 Kings 16:18; 2 Kings 20:8; 2 Kings 23:2,7,11; 2 Kings 25:9; 1 Chronicles 6:31; 1 Chronicles 22:1,11,14; 1 Chronicles 23:4; 1 Chronicles 26:12; 2 Chronicles 8:16; 2 Chronicles 26:21; 2 Chronicles 29:5,15; 2 Chronicles 33:15; 2 Chronicles 34:15; 2 Chronicles 36:14; Ezra 7:27; Psalms 23:6; Psalms 27:4; Psalms 92:13; Psalms 116:19; Psalms 118:26; Psalms 122:1,9; Psalms 134:1; Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 37:14; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 20:1-2; Jeremiah 26:2,7; Jeremiah 28:1,5; Jeremiah 29:26; Jeremiah 35:2; Jeremiah 36:5-6; Jeremiah 38:14; Jeremiah 41:5; Jeremiah 51:51; Lamentations 2:7; Ezekiel 44:4; Haggai 1:2; Zechariah 8:9

Exodus 25:8; Leviticus 19:30; Leviticus 21:12; Numbers 3:28; Numbers 4:12; Numbers 7:9; Numbers 8:19; Numbers 10:21; Numbers 18:1,5; Numbers 19:20; 1 Chronicles 9:29; 1 Chronicles 22:19; 1 Chronicles 24:5; 1 Chronicles 28:10; 2 Chronicles 20:8; 2 Chronicles 26:18; 2 Chronicles 29:21; 2 Chronicles 30:8,19; Nehemiah 10:39; Psalms 20:2; Psalms 28:2; Psalms 63:2; Psalms 68:24; Psalms 73:17; Psalms 74:3,7; Psalms 77:13; Psalms 78:69; Psalms 150:1; Isaiah 16:12; Isaiah 63:18; Lamentations 2:7,20; Lamentations 4:1; Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 42:20; Ezekiel 44:5,27; Ezekiel 45:3; Ezekiel 48:8,21; Daniel 8:11,13-14; Daniel 9:17,26; Daniel 11:31; Hebrews 8:2; Hebrews 9:1-2

Isaiah 56:7; Matthew 21:13

Exodus 26:1; Leviticus 26:11; Joshua 22:19; Psalms 15:1; Psalms 61:4; Psalms 76:2; Hebrews 8:2,5; Hebrews 9:2,11; Revelation 13:6; Revelation 21:3

1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 3:3; 2 Kings 11:10,13; Ezra 4:1; Psalms 5:7; Psalms 11:4; Psalms 27:4; Psalms 29:9; Psalms 48:9; Psalms 68:29; Isaiah 6:1; Malachi 3:1; Matthew 4:5; Matthew 23:16; Luke 18:10; Luke 24:53

Psalms 9:11; Psalms 48:11; Psalms 74:2; Psalms 132:13; Psalms 137:1; Isaiah 35:10; Jeremiah 31:6; Jeremiah 50:5; Joel 2:1,15

Exodus 28:29; Exodus 38:24; Leviticus 6:16; Leviticus 10:17; Leviticus 14:13; Leviticus 16:2-24; Joshua 5:15; 1 Kings 8:8; 1 Chronicles 23:32; 2 Chronicles 29:5; 2 Chronicles 30:27; 2 Chronicles 35:5; Ezra 9:8; Psalms 24:3; Psalms 46:4; Psalms 68:17; Ecclesiastes 8:10; Isaiah 57:15; Ezekiel 41:4; Ezekiel 42:13; Ezekiel 45:4; Matthew 24:15; Acts 6:13; Acts 21:28; Hebrews 9:12,25

Psalms 5:7; Psalms 11:4; Psalms 65:4; Psalms 79:1; Psalms 138:2; Jonah 2:4,7; Micah 1:2; Habakkuk 2:20; Ephesians 2:21; Ephesians 3:17

John 2:16; John 14:2

Exodus 30:26-29; Exodus 40:9; Leviticus 8:10-11; Leviticus 16:13; Leviticus 19:30; Leviticus 21:12; Numbers 7:1; 1 Kings 9:3; 1 Chronicles 29:3; 2 Chronicles 3:8; Isaiah 64:11; Ezekiel 23:39; 1 Corinthians 3:17

• See SYNAGOGUE

• See TABERNACLE

• See TEMPLE

• Called THE CONGREGATION in the O. T. (K. J. V. and others)

  Exodus 12:3,6,19,47; Exodus 16:1-2,9-10,22; Leviticus 4:13,15; Leviticus 10:17; Leviticus 24:14

• Called CHURCH in the N. T. (K. J. V.), but CONGREGATION Earlier in Tyndale's translation

  Matthew 16:18; Matthew 18:17; Acts 2:47; 1 Corinthians 11:18; 1 Corinthians 14:19,23,28,33-34; 1 Corinthians 15:9; Galatians 1:13

• Also 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

  1 Timothy 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

  Song of Songs 2:14; Song of Songs 5:2

• FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH

  Ephesians 3:15

• FLOCK OF GOD

  Ezekiel 34:15; 1 Peter 5:2

• FOLD OF CHRIST

  John 10:16

• GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FIRSTBORN (people)

  Hebrews 12:23

• GOLDEN CANDLESTICK (lampstand)

  Revelation 1:20

• GOD'S BUILDING

  1 Corinthians 3:9

• GOD'S HUSBANDRY (farm)

  1 Corinthians 3:9

• GOD'S HERITAGE

  Joel 3:2; 1 Peter 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; Psalms 15:1

• HOUSE OF GOD

  1 Timothy 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; Matthew 12:28; Matthew 19:24; Matthew 21:31

• KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

  Matthew 3:2; Matthew 4:17; Matthew 10:7; Matthew 5:3,10,19-20

• HIS KINGDOM

  Psalms 103:19; Psalms 145:12; Matthew 16:28; Luke 1:33

• MY KINGDOM

  John 18:36

• THY KINGDOM

  Psalms 45:6; Psalms 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; Revelation 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

  1 Timothy 3:15

• PLACE OF GOD'S THRONE

  Ezekiel 43:7

• PLEASANT PORTION

  Jeremiah 12:10

• SANCTUARY OF GOD

  Psalms 114:2

• SISTER OF CHRIST

  Song of Songs 4:12; Song of Songs 5:2

• SPIRITUAL HOUSE

  1 Peter 2:5

• SPOUSE OF CHRIST

  Song of Songs 4:12; Song of Songs 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

  1 Corinthians 3:16-17

• TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD

  2 Corinthians 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; Psalms 137:5; 1 Corinthians 12:25; 1 Thessalonians 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

  Song of Songs 6:10; Philippians 2:25; 2 Timothy 2:3; 2 Timothy 4:7; Philippians 1:2

• God defends

  Psalms 89:18; Isaiah 4:5; Isaiah 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; Acts 5:14; Acts 11:24

• Unity of

  Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 10:17; 1 Corinthians 12:12; Galatians 3:28; Ephesians 4:4

• Privileges of

  Psalms 36:8; Psalms 87:5

• Worship of, to be attended

  Hebrews 10:25

• Harmonious fellowship of

  Psalms 133; John 13:34; Acts 4:32; Philippians 1:4; Philippians 2:1; 1 John 3; 1 John 4

• Divisions in, to be shunned

  Romans 16:17; 1 Corinthians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 3:3

• Baptized (immersed) into by one Spirit

  1 Corinthians 12:13

• Ministers commanded to feed

  Acts 20:28

• Is edified by the word

  Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 14:4,13; Ephesians 4:15-16; Colossians 3:16

• The wicked persecute

  Acts 8:1-3; 1 Thessalonians 2:14-15

• Not to be despised

  1 Corinthians 11:22

• Defiling of, will be punished

  1 Corinthians 3:17

• Extent of, predicted

  Isaiah 2:2; Ezekiel 17:2; Daniel 2:34-35

• See ECCLESIASTICISM

• See JESUS, KINGDOM OF

• See MINISTERS

• See USURPATION, IN ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS

Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalms 2:6; Psalms 9:11,14; Psalms 14:7; Psalms 20:2; Psalms 46:4-5; Psalms 48:1-2,11-13; Psalms 50:2; Psalms 51:18; Psalms 53:6; Psalms 65:1; Psalms 69:35-36; Psalms 74:2; Psalms 84:1-10; Psalms 87:1-6; Psalms 99:2; Psalms 102:13-14,16,19-21; Psalms 110:2; Psalms 111:1; Psalms 114:2; Psalms 125:1; Psalms 126:1-2; Psalms 129:5; Psalms 132:13-16; Psalms 133:1-3; Psalms 134:1-3; Psalms 137:1-6; Psalms 149:2; Isaiah 1:8,27; Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 4:2-6; Isaiah 12:6; Isaiah 14:32; Isaiah 24:23; Isaiah 27:2-3; Isaiah 28:5,16; Isaiah 31:4-5; Isaiah 33:5,14,20-24; Isaiah 35:1-10; Isaiah 40:9-11; Isaiah 43:1-7,21,25; Isaiah 44:23; Isaiah 49:14-17; Isaiah 52:1-2,7-12; Isaiah 59:20; Isaiah 60:1-6,19-21; Isaiah 61:1-3; Isaiah 62:1,3,11-12; Isaiah 66:8,18; Jeremiah 3:14-15; Jeremiah 12:10; Jeremiah 13:11; Jeremiah 31:6-7,12,23; Jeremiah 33:9; Jeremiah 43:7; Joel 2:1,15-17; Zechariah 8:3; Matthew 13:24; Matthew 16:18; Acts 7:38; Acts 20:28; 1 Corinthians 3:9; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 15:9; 2 Corinthians 8:1; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 2:21-22; Ephesians 3:15,21; Ephesians 5:23-27,29; Colossians 1:24; 1 Timothy 3:14-15; Hebrews 3:6; Hebrews 12:22-23; 1 Peter 2:5; Revelation 1:20; Revelation 21:2,11,23

Psalms 12:1; Psalms 80:1-19; Isaiah 1:2-27; Isaiah 17:9-11; Isaiah 43:22-28; Jeremiah 2:5-34; Jeremiah 3:1-25; Jeremiah 8:5-22; Jeremiah 9:1-3; Jeremiah 10:19-22; Jeremiah 18:11-17; Jeremiah 50:4-7; Ezekiel 2:3-5; Ezekiel 5:5-17; Ezekiel 16:23; Hosea 2; Hosea 4; Hosea 6; Joel 2; Amos 6; Matthew 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12; Luke 13:6-9; Revelation 2:1-6,12-25; Revelation 3:1-4,14-20

• Backslidings of Israel

• See sub-topic BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL, under BACKSLIDERS

• See CORRUPTION IN, blow

• See BACKSLIDERS

• See BENEFICENCE

• See GIVING

• See LIBERALITY

Psalms 118:22-23; Isaiah 33:22; Isaiah 55:4; Matthew 12:6,8; Matthew 21:42-43; Matthew 23:8,10; Mark 2:28; Mark 12:10; Luke 6:5; Luke 20:17-18; John 13:13; John 15:1-8; Acts 2:36; Romans 8:29; Romans 9:5; 1 Corinthians 3:11; 1 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Corinthians 12:5; Ephesians 1:10,22-23; Ephesians 2:20-22; Ephesians 4:15; Ephesians 5:23-32; Colossians 1:13,18; Colossians 2:10,19; Colossians 3:11; Hebrews 3:3,6; 1 Peter 2:7; Revelation 1:13; Revelation 2:1,9,12-13,18-19; Revelation 3:1,7; Revelation 5:6; Revelation 21:22-23; Revelation 22:16

• See JESUS, KINGDOM OF

Matthew 16:15-18; Ephesians 2:20-22; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:15

Hosea 4:9; Micah 3:1-4,9,11; Matthew 21:33-41,45; Matthew 23:2-7,13-33; Matthew 26:14-16,59-68; Mark 12:1-12; Mark 14:10-11; Luke 22:3-6

• See BACKSLIDERS, BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL

Acts 15:28-29; Acts 16:4

Romans 3:2; Romans 9:4; Ephesians 2:20-22; 1 Timothy 3:15

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

1 Corinthians 16:10-11; Philippians 2:29; Philippians 4:10-18; 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13; 1 Timothy 5:17; Hebrews 13:7,17

• See MINISTERS

Deuteronomy 17:8-13; Matthew 16:19; Luke 9:46-48; Luke 22:24-30; John 20:23; Acts 1:15,23-26; Acts 6:2-3,5-6; Acts 11:22,29-30; Acts 13:1,3,5; Acts 14:23; Acts 15:1-31; Acts 16:4-5; Acts 20:17,28; 1 Corinthians 7:17; 1 Corinthians 11:2,33-34; 1 Corinthians 12:5,28; 1 Corinthians 14:26,33,40; 1 Corinthians 16:3,16; 2 Corinthians 2:2-11; Galatians 2:9-10; Ephesians 4:11-12; Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:1-13; 1 Timothy 4:14; 1 Timothy 5:1,22; 2 Timothy 1:6; Titus 1:5; Hebrews 13:17,24; James 5:14-15; 1 Peter 5:1-3; 3 John 1:9-10; Jude 1:22-23

• See MINISTERS, DUTIES OF

Genesis 17:14; Exodus 12:15; Exodus 30:33,37-38; Leviticus 7:27; Leviticus 17:8-9; Leviticus 19:5-8; Leviticus 20:18; Leviticus 22:3; Numbers 9:13; Numbers 15:31; Numbers 19:13,20; Deuteronomy 13:12-18; Deuteronomy 17:2-13; Deuteronomy 19:16-21; Deuteronomy 21:1-9,18-21; Deuteronomy 22:13-29; Ezra 10:1-44; Matthew 16:19; Matthew 18:15-18; John 9:22,34-35; John 16:2; John 20:23; Romans 14:1; Romans 15:1-3; Romans 16:17; 1 Corinthians 4:19,21; 1 Corinthians 5:1-2,4-7,11-13; 1 Corinthians 16:22; 2 Corinthians 2:6-8,10-11; 2 Corinthians 6:14-15; 2 Corinthians 7:8; 2 Corinthians 10:1-11; 2 Corinthians 13:1-2,10; Galatians 5:10,12; Galatians 6:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:6,14-15; 1 Timothy 1:19-20; 1 Timothy 5:1-2,19-20; 1 Timothy 6:3-5; 2 Timothy 4:2; Titus 1:13; Titus 2:15; Titus 3:10-11; 2 John 1:10-11; Jude 1:22-23; Revelation 22:19

• See EXCOMMUNICATION

• See MINISTERS, DUTIES OF

Psalms 102:14; Psalms 122:6,9; Psalms 128:5-6; Psalms 137:1-6; Isaiah 22:4; Isaiah 58:12; Isaiah 62:1,6-7; Isaiah 66:10,13-14; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 14:17; Jeremiah 51:50-51; Lamentations 2:11; Lamentations 3:48-51

Isaiah 44:5; Ezekiel 44:6-7,9; Matthew 12:50; Matthew 19:14; Mark 10:14; Luke 18:16; John 15:5-6; Acts 2:41,47; Acts 4:4; Acts 5:14; Acts 9:35,42; Acts 11:21; Romans 12:4-5; 1 Corinthians 3:11-15; 1 Corinthians 12:12-28; Ephesians 4:25; Ephesians 5:30; Philippians 4:3; Revelation 21:27

• See RIGHTEOUS, DESCRIBED

Genesis 12:3; Genesis 49:10; Deuteronomy 32:21; Psalms 2:8; Psalms 22:27-31; Psalms 46:4,10; Psalms 65:2; Psalms 66:4; Psalms 68:31-32; Psalms 69:35-36; Psalms 72:1-20; Psalms 85:10-12; Psalms 86:9; Psalms 87:4; Psalms 89:1-37; Psalms 96:1-13; Psalms 102:13-16,18-22; Psalms 110:1-7; Psalms 113:3; Psalms 118:24; Psalms 126:5-6; Psalms 132:15-17; Psalms 138:4-5; Psalms 145:10-11; Isaiah 2:2-5; Isaiah 4:2-3,5-6; Isaiah 9:1-7; Isaiah 11:1-10; Isaiah 18:7; Isaiah 19:24-25; Isaiah 23:17-18; Isaiah 24:16; Isaiah 25:6-8; Isaiah 29:18-24; Isaiah 30:20; Isaiah 32:1-20; Isaiah 33:5,13-24; Isaiah 35:1-10; Isaiah 40:4-11; Isaiah 41:17-20; Isaiah 42:1-12; Isaiah 44:3-5; Isaiah 45:6,8,14,23-24; Isaiah 46:12-13; Isaiah 49:6-12,18-23; Isaiah 51:3-16; Isaiah 52:1-15; Isaiah 53:10-12; Isaiah 54:1-17; Isaiah 55:1-13; Isaiah 56:3-8; Isaiah 59:19-21; Isaiah 60:1-22; Isaiah 61:1-11; Isaiah 62:1-12; Isaiah 65:1-25; Isaiah 66:7-23; Jeremiah 3:17; Jeremiah 4:2; Jeremiah 16:19-21; Jeremiah 31:7-9,34; Jeremiah 33:22; Ezekiel 17:22-24; Ezekiel 34:23-31; Ezekiel 47:1-12; Daniel 2:35,44-45; Daniel 7:13-14,18,22,27; Daniel 12:1-13; Joel 2:26-32; Joel 3:18; Amos 9:11-12; Micah 4:1-7; Micah 5:2-15; Habakkuk 2:14; Zephaniah 2:11; Zephaniah 3:9-20; Haggai 2:7-9; Zechariah 2:10-11; Zechariah 6:15; Zechariah 8:20-23; Zechariah 9:1,9-17; Zechariah 14:8-21; Malachi 1:11; Matthew 8:11; Matthew 11:5,11; Matthew 13:16-17,31-33; Matthew 16:18; Mark 4:26-32; Luke 7:22; John 8:35; John 10:16; Acts 2:16-21; Romans 1:5-7; 1 Corinthians 15:24-28; Ephesians 1:10; Hebrews 12:23-24,27-28; Revelation 5:10,13-14; Revelation 11:15; Revelation 12:10; Revelation 15:4; Revelation 20:4-6; Revelation 21:9-27; Revelation 22:1-5

• See JESUS, KINGDOM OF

• Antioch

  Acts 13:1

• Asia

  1 Corinthians 16:19; Revelation 1:4

• Babylon

  1 Peter 5:13

• Cenchrea

  Romans 16:1

• Caesarea

  Acts 18:22

• Cilicia

  Acts 15:41

• Corinth

  1 Corinthians 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

  1 Thessalonians 1:1

• Thyatira

  Revelation 2:18

Psalms 133:1; John 10:16; John 17:11,21-23; Romans 12:4-5; 1 Corinthians 10:17; 1 Corinthians 12:5,12-27; Galatians 3:26-28; Ephesians 1:10; Ephesians 2:14-19,21; Ephesians 3:6,15;