Church Participation

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, — read the full passage →

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer. — read the full passage →

I also tell you that you are Peter,and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hadeswill not prevail against it.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

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.

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.

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant. — read the full passage →

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

For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

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.

Or else wouldn’t they have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins?

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

There are various kinds of service, and the same Lord.

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.

God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

I coveted no one’s silver, or gold, or clothing. — read the full passage →

When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. — read the full passage →

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: — read the full passage →

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.

Therefore comfort one another with these words.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; — read the full passage →

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love; — read the full passage →

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. — read the full passage →

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function, — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith. — read the full passage →

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established; — read the full passage →

Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. — read the full passage →

Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart, — read the full passage →

All who believed were together, and had all things in common. — read the full passage →

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

The hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Yahweh, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. — read the full passage →

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”