Not Leaving The Church

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

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.

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. — read the full passage →

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: — read the full passage →

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. — read the full passage →

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: — read the full passage →

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. — read the full passage →

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. — read the full passage →

And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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.

But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. — read the full passage →

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; — read the full passage →

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; — read the full passage →

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; — read the full passage →

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;

For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; — read the full passage →

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? — read the full passage →

But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. — read the full passage →

Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. — read the full passage →

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. — read the full passage →

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. — read the full passage →

For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. — read the full passage →

Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; — read the full passage →

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: — read the full passage →

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; — read the full passage →

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? — read the full passage →

So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. — read the full passage →

To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:

And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

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 God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: — read the full passage →

Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. — read the full passage →

When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. — read the full passage →

Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? — read the full passage →

Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. — read the full passage →

This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. — read the full passage →

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,) — read the full passage →

Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? — read the full passage →