Bible Verses About The Importance of Church
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the importance of church, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 710 votes, led by Hebrews 10:25. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Importance of Church
Hebrews 10:2599 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.
1 Corinthians 12:1261 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.
1 Corinthians 12:2738 votes
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
Matthew 16:1835 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 20:2831 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 5:2327 votes
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.
Hebrews 13:1726 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 14:2325 votes
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.
Ephesians 4:11-1225 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Matthew 28:19-2024 votes
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
1 Timothy 3:1521 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.
Matthew 28:18-2020 votes
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Acts 2:4219 votes
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Matthew 18:2018 votes
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
1 Corinthians 11:2218 votes
What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
Proverbs 31:817 votes
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
John 3:16-1716 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Hebrews 10:24-2516 votes
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Hebrews 13:715 votes
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Matthew 6:3314 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Romans 12:1-214 votes
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.
1 Corinthians 12:1312 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.
Colossians 3:1612 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.
1 Corinthians 12:1-3111 votes
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
Ephesians 1:1811 votes
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
What does the Bible say about the importance of church?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 10:25 on the subject of the importance of church. Across 710 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 12:12, 1 Corinthians 12:27, Matthew 16:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.