Original collection
Church Establishment of Isa 2:2-3; Dan 2:44; Lk 24:46-49; Acts 1:6-8; 11:13-16
CHURCH: Matt 16:18, Eph 5:23-27, Acts 20:28,
The Church is the "Body of Christ," Eph 1:22-23, Col 1:18 & 24,
There is one body - Eph 4:4-6, 1 Cor 12:12-13, Col 3:15,
"Churches of Christ" - Rom 16:16,
Saved "Added by the Lord" -
NOT "Voted In," Acts 2:47, Acts 5:14; 2 Jn 1:9-10
Religious division is sinful - see "Division,"
Name - see "Name."
Autonomous – Christ is seated at the right hand of God (Acts 2:29-35) and has been made to be the “Head of All things to the Church” (Eph 1:22). Each congregation of the Lord’s church is self-governing, answerable only to Christ.
Chosen People – 1 Pet 2:4-10
House of God – 1 Tim 3:14-15
The Tabernacle and subsequently the Temple were types of the church (1 Cor 3:16; Eph 2:21; Heb 9:9). The Old Testament pictured the church’s future establishment and it’s integral part in the plan of God.
Key KJV Scriptures:
Matthew 16:18-19; Mark 9:1; Acts 1:8; 2:1-47
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
51 indexed verses · Showing 1–40. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Matthew 16:18 (KJV)
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.
Matthew 16:19 (KJV)
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Mark 9:1 (KJV)
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
Acts 1:8 (KJV)
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 2:1 (KJV)
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Acts 2:2 (KJV)
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Acts 2:3 (KJV)
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
Acts 2:4 (KJV)
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 2:5 (KJV)
And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
Acts 2:6 (KJV)
Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Acts 2:7 (KJV)
And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
Acts 2:8 (KJV)
And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
Acts 2:9 (KJV)
Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
Acts 2:10 (KJV)
Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
Acts 2:11 (KJV)
Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Acts 2:12 (KJV)
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
Acts 2:13 (KJV)
Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
Acts 2:14 (KJV)
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
Acts 2:15 (KJV)
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
Acts 2:16 (KJV)
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
Acts 2:17 (KJV)
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
Acts 2:18 (KJV)
And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
Acts 2:19 (KJV)
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
Acts 2:20 (KJV)
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
Acts 2:21 (KJV)
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Acts 2:22 (KJV)
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Acts 2:23 (KJV)
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Acts 2:24 (KJV)
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Acts 2:25 (KJV)
For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
Acts 2:26 (KJV)
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Acts 2:27 (KJV)
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts 2:28 (KJV)
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
Acts 2:29 (KJV)
Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
Acts 2:30 (KJV)
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
Acts 2:31 (KJV)
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Acts 2:32 (KJV)
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Acts 2:33 (KJV)
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Acts 2:34 (KJV)
For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
Acts 2:35 (KJV)
Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
Acts 2:36 (KJV)
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.