Bible Verses about “church membership”

“not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.”

“Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.”

“for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;”

“so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.”

“until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;”

“but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;”

“Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.”

“They continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.”

“For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don't have the same function,”

“that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;”

“from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.”

“You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”

“For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.”

“For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.”

“When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.”

“praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.”

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

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

“Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.”

“No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.”

“Those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, on those we bestow more abundant honor; and our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety;”

“But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.”

“whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior part,”

“The eye can't tell the hand, "I have no need for you," or again the head to the feet, "I have no need for you."”

“that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.”

“If the foot would say, "Because I'm not the hand, I'm not part of the body," it is not therefore not part of the body.”

“If the ear would say, "Because I'm not the eye, I'm not part of the body," it's not therefore not part of the body.”

“If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?”

“If they were all one member, where would the body be?”

“Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.”

“Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.”

“in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.”

“in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;”

“being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;”

“But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word."”

“whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.”

“Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.”

“So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,”

“Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,”

“The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.”

“These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;”

“that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

“The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.”

“But some of those who were of the synagogue called "The Libertines," and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.”

“Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.”

“They weren't able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.”

“Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."”

“They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,”

“and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.”

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