CHURCH (PART 1)

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MAT 18:15 "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault,

just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your

brother over.

16 But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every

matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'

17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he

refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a

tax collector.

1CO 5:9 I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually

immoral people--

10 not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the

greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave

this world.

11 But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who

calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a

slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you

not to judge those inside?

13 God will judge those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you."

2CO 2:5 If anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he

has grieved all of you, to some extent--not to put it too severely.

6 The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient for him.

7 Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not

be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

8 I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him.

2TH 3:6 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to

keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the

teaching you received from us.

14 If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take special

note of him. Do not associate with him, in order that he may feel ashamed.

15 Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

1TI 5:19 Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is

brought by two or three witnesses.

CHURCH (PART 2)

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EXO 12:3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this

month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household.

6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the

people of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.

19 For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. And whoever eats

anything with yeast in it must be cut off from the community of Israel,

whether he is an alien or native-born.

47 The whole community of Israel must celebrate it.

16:1 The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the

Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the

second month after they had come out of Egypt.

2 In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

9 Then Moses told Aaron, "Say to the entire Israelite community, 'Come

before the LORD, for he has heard your grumbling.'"

10 While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked

toward the desert, and there was the glory of the LORD appearing in the

cloud.

LEV 4:13 "'If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally and does

what is forbidden in any of the LORD'S commands, even though the community

is unaware of the matter, they are guilty.

15 The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull's head

before the LORD, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the LORD.

10:17 "Why didn't you eat the sin offering in the sanctuary area? It is

most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the community by

making atonement for them before the LORD.

24:14 "Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are

to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him.

DEU 32:9 For the LORD'S portion is his people, Jacob his allotted

inheritance.

PSA 2:6 "I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill."

15:1 LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy

hill?

28:9 Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and

carry them forever.

45:6 Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice

will be the scepter of your kingdom.

13 All glorious is the princess within her chamber; her gown is interwoven

with gold.

74:19 Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts; do not forget

the lives of your afflicted people forever.

78:61 He sent the ark of his might into captivity, his splendor into the

hands of the enemy.

89:7 In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more

awesome than all who surround him.

103:19 The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom

rules over all.

111:1 Praise the LORD. I will extol the LORD with all my heart in the

council of the upright and in the assembly.

114:2 Judah became God's sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

145:11 They will tell of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your

might,

12 so that all men may know of your mighty acts and the glorious splendor

of your kingdom.

13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures

through all generations. The LORD is faithful to all his promises and

loving toward all he has made.

149:1 Praise the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the

assembly of the saints.

SON 2:14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the

mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is

sweet, and your face is lovely.

4:12 You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring

enclosed, a sealed fountain.

5:1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my

myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk

my wine and my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink your fill, O lovers.

2 I slept but my heart was awake. Listen! My lover is knocking: "Open to

me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched

with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."

ISA 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the LORD'S temple will be

established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the

hills, and all nations will stream to it.

3 Many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of

the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so

that we may walk in his paths." The law will go out from Zion, the word of

the LORD from Jerusalem.

19:25 The LORD Almighty will bless them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my

people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance."

60:21 Then will all your people be righteous and they will possess the

land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of my hands, for

the display of my splendor.

62:12 They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the LORD; and

you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted.

JER 12:10 Many shepherds will ruin my vineyard and trample down my field;

they will turn my pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

EZE 34:15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the

Sovereign LORD.

43:7 He said: "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place

for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites

forever. The house of Israel will never again defile my holy name--neither

they nor their kings--by their prostitution and the lifeless idols of their

kings at their high places.

JOE 3:2 I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of

Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning my

inheritance, my people Israel, for they scattered my people among the

nations and divided up my land.

ZEC 8:3 This is what the LORD says: "I will return to Zion and dwell in

Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the

mountain of the LORD Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain."

MAT 3:2 and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."

4:17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of

heaven is near."

5:3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for

theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

19 Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches

others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but

whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the

kingdom of heaven.

20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the

Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the

kingdom of heaven.

6:10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things

will be given to you as well.

10:7 As you go, preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near.'

12:28 But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of

God has come upon you.

16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my

church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

28 I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death

before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."

18:17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he

refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a

tax collector.

19:24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of

a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

21:31 "Which of the two did what his father wanted?" "The first," they

answered. Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and

the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.

41 "He will bring those wretches to a wretched end," they replied, "and he

will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the

crop at harvest time."

LUK 1:33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom

will never end."

23:42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."

JOH 10:16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring

them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock

and one shepherd.

18:36 Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my

servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom

is from another place."

ACT 2:47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the

Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

20:28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy

Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he

bought with his own blood.

1CO 3:9 For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's

building.

16 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's

Spirit lives in you?

17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple

is sacred, and you are that temple.

11:18 In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church,

there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it.

14:19 But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to

instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

23 So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues,

and some who do not understand or some unbelievers come in, will they not

say that you are out of your mind?

28 If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church

and speak to himself and God.

33 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the

congregations of the saints,

34 women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to

speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says.

15:9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be

called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

2CO 6:16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For

we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with

them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my

people."

GAL 1:13 For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how

intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

6:16 Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule, even to the Israel of

God.

EPH 1:22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be

head over everything for the church,

23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every

way.

2:19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow

citizens with God's people and members of God's household,

22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in

which God lives by his Spirit.

3:15 from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name.

5:22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

COL 1:24 Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my

flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake

of his body, which is the church.

1TI 3:15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct

themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the

pillar and foundation of the truth.

HEB 3:6 But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. And we are his

house, if we hold on to our courage and the hope of which we boast.

10:21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city

of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in

joyful assembly,

23 to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You

have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men

made perfect,

1PE 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual

house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to

God through Jesus Christ.

5:2 Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as

overseers--not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants

you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve;

3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the

flock.

REV 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and

of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of

the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the

Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

8 Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear." (Fine linen stands

for the righteous acts of the saints.)

9 Then the angel said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are invited to

the wedding supper of the Lamb!'" And he added, "These are the true words

of God."

21:2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven

from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last

plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of

the Lamb."

22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say,

"Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take

the free gift of the water of life.

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