King James Version
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God,
and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
In one curious conversation, I learned something new.
A co-commuter asked what church people must have?
Being a baby born again then, I had no ready answer.
But he had.
He said it should be a "church of God".
Intrigued, I committed it to memory.
Promising myself to search Scripture for its truth.
And here's what I found:
1 Corinthians 1:2-3
King James Version
2 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 their's and our's:
3 Grace be unto you,
and peace,
from God our Father,
and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 10:31-32
King James Version
31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink,
or whatsoever ye do,
do all to the glory of God.
32 Give none offence,
neither to the Jews,
nor to the Gentiles,
nor to the church of God:
1 Corinthians 11:16
King James Version
16 But if any man seem to be contentious,
we have no such custom,
neither the churches of God.
1 Corinthians 11:18-22
King James Version
18 For first of all,
when ye come together in the church,
I hear that there be divisions among you;
and I partly believe it.
19 For there must be also heresies among you,
that they which are approved
may be made manifest among you.
20 When ye come together therefore into one place,
this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
21 For in eating every one taketh before other
his own supper:
and one is hungry,
and another is drunken.
22 What?
have ye not houses to eat and to drink in?
or despise ye the church of God,
and shame them that have not?
what shall I say to you?
shall I praise you in this?
I praise you not.
1 Corinthians 15:9-10
King James Version
9 For I am the least of the apostles,
that am not meet to be called an apostle,
because I persecuted the church of God.
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am:
and his grace which was bestowed upon me
was not in vain;
but I laboured more abundantly than they all:
yet not I,
but the grace of God which was with me.
2 Corinthians 1:1-2
King James Version
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ
by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
unto the church of God which is at Corinth,
with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father,
and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:11-13
King James Version
11 But I certify you, brethren,
that the gospel which was preached of me
is not after man.
12 For I neither received it of man,
neither was I taught it,
but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past
in the Jews' religion,
how that beyond measure
I persecuted the church of God,
and wasted it:
1 Timothy 3:1-5
King James Version
3 This is a true saying,
if a man desire the office of a bishop,
he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless,
the husband of one wife,
vigilant, sober, of good behaviour,
given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine,
no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;
but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house,
having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house,
how shall he take care of the church of God?)
A common ingredient of all the verses above?
It was written by the devoted apostle Paul.
All verses so very worthy of personal meditation.
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