Names and Descriptions of God's Church
Names and Descriptions of God’s Church
Body of Christ, Ephesians 5:22-23, “Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.”
Church of the firstborn, Hebrews 12:23, “to the general assembly and church of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect.”
Church of God, 1 Corinthians 1:2, “to the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.”
Flock of God, 1 Peter 5:2, “Shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness.”
God’s building, 1 Corinthians 3:9, “For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.”
God’s field, 1 Cor. 3:9, “For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.”
Household of God, in Ephesians 2:19, “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household,”
Letter of Christ, 2 Cor. 3:3, “being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts.”
People of God, 1 Peter 2:10, “for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”
Temple of God, 1 Corinthians 3:16, “Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”
And last but not least: 1 Peter 2:9, “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 marvelous light;”
