Bible Verses about “church membership”

“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.”

“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.”

“For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:”

“So we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.”

“Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:”

“But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ:”

“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.”

“¶ And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.”

“For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:”

“That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;”

“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.”

“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.”

“¶ 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.”

“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.”

“And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.”

“Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.”

“But now [are they] many members, yet but one body.”

“For the body is not one member, but many.”

“¶ Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.”

“Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:”

“And those [members] of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely [parts] have more abundant comeliness.”

“But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.”

“For our comely [parts] have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that [part] which lacked:”

“And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.”

“That there should be no schism in the body; but [that] the members should have the same care one for another.”

“If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?”

“And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?”

“If the whole body [were] an eye, where [were] the hearing? If the whole [were] hearing, where [were] the smelling?”

“And if they were all one member, where [were] the body?”

“¶ Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.”

“Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.”

“In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.”

“In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:”

“And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone];”

“But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.”

“Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid [their] hands on them.”

“¶ And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.”

“Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;”

“¶ Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:”

“Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples [unto them], and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.”

“And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:”

“That ye may with one mind [and] one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

“And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.”

“Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called [the synagogue] of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.”

“¶ And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.”

“And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.”

“Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.”

“And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon [him], and caught him, and brought [him] to the council,”

“And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:”

“For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.”