Bible Verses About Building New Church
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for building new church, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,355 votes, led by Ephesians 2:21-22. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Building New Church
Ephesians 2:21-22163 votes
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
1 Peter 2:5159 votes
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.
Psalms 127:1151 votes
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.
Matthew 16:18135 votes
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.
2 Samuel 7:5-7134 votes
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
Haggai 2:9129 votes
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 66:1-2101 votes
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 Samuel 7:1-1392 votes
And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
John 4:2388 votes
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Nehemiah 2:2085 votes
Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
Hebrews 10:24-2579 votes
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
James 3:1-1877 votes
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
1 Timothy 3:1576 votes
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
2 Chronicles 7:1475 votes
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
1 Corinthians 3:16-1773 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Psalms 33:1271 votes
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
John 4:2471 votes
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
1 Corinthians 14:2670 votes
How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
Acts 4:32-3368 votes
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Matthew 18:2065 votes
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Acts 20:2862 votes
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Ephesians 2:19-2256 votes
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Hebrews 10:2555 votes
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Haggai 1:1-1554 votes
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
Acts 2:42-4753 votes
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
What does the Bible say about building new church?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 2:21-22 on the subject of building new church. Across 4,355 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 2:5, Psalms 127:1, Matthew 16:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.