Bible Verses About Church
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for church, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 19,281 votes, led by Matthew 16:18. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Church
Matthew 16:18796 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.
Acts 20:28671 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.
Hebrews 10:24-25627 votes
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Ephesians 2:20-22616 votes
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Colossians 3:16461 votes
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Psalms 122:1447 votes
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
Romans 12:5403 votes
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Matthew 18:20398 votes
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
1 Corinthians 3:17351 votes
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Acts 2:47348 votes
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Romans 16:17311 votes
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
Ephesians 2:19-22271 votes
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Hebrews 10:25265 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.
Colossians 1:18252 votes
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Ephesians 1:22246 votes
And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Ephesians 2:21242 votes
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
1 Corinthians 12:13238 votes
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.
1 Timothy 3:15229 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.
Acts 2:42228 votes
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Ephesians 4:16222 votes
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.
1 Corinthians 12:12205 votes
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.
Romans 12:4-5193 votes
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
Acts 9:31191 votes
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea 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.
Hebrews 13:17188 votes
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Acts 2:42-47172 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 church?
Readers most often cite Matthew 16:18 on the subject of church. Across 19,281 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 20:28, Hebrews 10:24-25, Ephesians 2:20-22. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.