This is a list of all the New Testament passages that include the word ἐκκλησία – “church.”
Mt 16:18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Mt 18:17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
Ac 5:11 And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.
Ac 8:1 And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Ac 8:3 But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
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