"Church of God"

1. Acts 20: 28
     28 ¶ Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the ^aflock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you ^boverseers, to feed the ^cchurch of God, which he hath purchased with his own ^dblood.
2. 1 Cor. 1: 2
     2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are ^asanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be ^bsaints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
3. 1 Cor. 10: 32
     32 Give none ^aoffence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
4. 1 Cor. 11: 16, 22
     16 But if any man seem to be ^acontentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
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     22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the ^achurch of God, and ^bshame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
5. 1 Cor. 15: 9
     9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not ^ameet to be called an apostle, because I ^bpersecuted the church of God.
6. 2 Cor. 1: 1
     1 Paul, an ^aapostle 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:
7. Gal. 1: 13
     13 For ye have heard of my ^aconversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I ^bpersecuted the church of God, and ^cwasted it:
8. 1 Thes. 2: 14
     14 For ye, brethren, became ^afollowers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have ^bsuffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
9. 2 Thes. 1: 4
     4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the ^achurches of God for your ^bpatience and faith in all your ^cpersecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
10. 1 Tim. 3: 5
      5 (For if a man know not how to ^arule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
11. Mosiah 18: 17
      17 And they were called the church of God, or the ^achurch of Christ, from that time forward. And it came to pass that whosoever was baptized by the power and authority of God was added to his church.
12. Mosiah 21: 30
      30 And also that king Noah and his priests had caused the people to commit so many sins and iniquities against God; and they also did mourn for the ^adeath of Abinadi; and also for the ^bdeparture of Alma and the people that went with him, who had formed a church of God through the strength and power of God, and faith on the words which had been spoken by Abinadi.
13. Mosiah 25: 18, 22-23
      18 Therefore, Alma did go forth into the water and did ^abaptize them; yea, he did baptize them after the manner he did his brethren in the ^bwaters of Mormon; yea, and as many as he did baptize did belong to the church of God; and this because of their belief on the words of Alma.
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      22 And thus, notwithstanding there being many churches they were all one ^achurch, yea, even the church of God; for there was nothing preached in all the churches except it were repentance and faith in God.
      23 And now there were seven churches in the land of Zarahemla. And it came to pass that whosoever were desirous to take upon them the ^aname of Christ, or of God, they did join the churches of God;
14. Mosiah 26: 38
      38 And now all these things did Alma and his ^afellow laborers do who were over the church, ^bwalking in all diligence, teaching the word of God in all things, suffering all manner of afflictions, being persecuted by all those who did not belong to the church of God.
15. Mosiah 27: 2, 9-10, 13
      2 And it came to pass that king Mosiah sent a proclamation throughout the land round about that there should not any unbeliever ^apersecute any of those who belonged to the church of God.
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      9 And he became a great hinderment to the prosperity of the church of God; ^astealing away the hearts of the people; causing much dissension among the people; giving a chance for the enemy of God to exercise his ^bpower over them.
      10 And now it came to pass that while he was going about to ^adestroy the church of God, for he did go about secretly with the sons of Mosiah seeking to destroy the church, and to lead astray the people of the Lord, contrary to the commandments of God, or even the king—
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      13 Nevertheless he cried again, saying: Alma, arise and stand forth, for why persecutest thou the church of God? For the Lord hath said: ^aThis is my church, and I will establish it; and nothing shall ^boverthrow it, save it is the transgression of my people.
16. Alma 1: 7, 19
      7 And it came to pass as he was going, to preach to those who believed on his word, he met a man who belonged to the church of God, yea, even one of their ^ateachers; and he began to contend with him sharply, that he might lead away the people of the church; but the man withstood him, admonishing him with the ^bwords of God.
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      19 But it came to pass that whosoever did not belong to the church of God began to persecute those that did belong to the church of God, and had taken upon them the name of Christ.
17. Alma 2: 4
      4 Therefore, if it were possible that Amlici should gain the voice of the people, he, being a wicked man, would ^adeprive them of their rights and privileges of the church; for it was his intent to destroy the church of God.
18. Alma 4: 4-5, 9
      4 And they began to establish the ^achurch more fully; yea, and many were ^bbaptized in the ^cwaters of Sidon and were joined to the church of God; yea, they were baptized by the hand of Alma, who had been consecrated the ^dhigh priest over the people of the church, by the hand of his father Alma.
      5 And it came to pass in the *seventh year of the reign of the judges there were about three thousand five hundred souls that united themselves to the ^achurch of God and were baptized. And thus ended the seventh year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi; and there was continual peace in all that time.
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      9 And thus, in this eighth year of the reign of the judges, there began to be great ^acontentions among the people of the church; yea, there were ^benvyings, and ^cstrife, and malice, and persecutions, and pride, even to exceed the pride of those who did not belong to the church of God.
19. Alma 5: 3, 5
      3 I, Alma, having been ^aconsecrated by my father, Alma, to be a ^bhigh priest over the church of God, he having power and ^cauthority from God to do these things, behold, I say unto you that he began to establish a church in the ^dland which was in the borders of Nephi; yea, the land which was called the land of Mormon; yea, and he did baptize his brethren in the waters of Mormon.
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      5 And behold, after that, they were brought into ^abondage by the hands of the Lamanites in the wilderness; yea, I say unto you, they were in captivity, and again the Lord did deliver them out of ^bbondage by the power of his word; and we were brought into this land, and here we began to establish the church of God throughout this land also.
20. Alma 8: 23
      23 And after he had eaten and was filled he said unto Amulek: I am Alma, and am the ^ahigh priest over the church of God throughout the land.
21. Alma 27: 27
      27 And they were among the people of Nephi, and also numbered among the people who were of the church of God. And they were also distinguished for their ^azeal towards God, and also towards men; for they were perfectly ^bhonest and upright in all things; and they were ^cfirm in the faith of Christ, even unto the end.
22. Alma 36: 6, 9, 11
      6 For I went about with the sons of Mosiah, seeking to ^adestroy the church of God; but behold, God sent his holy angel to stop us by the way.
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      9 And he said unto me: If thou wilt of thyself be destroyed, seek no more to destroy the church of God.
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      11 And the angel spake more things unto me, which were heard by my brethren, but I did ^anot hear them; for when I heard the words—If thou wilt be destroyed of thyself, seek no more to destroy the church of God—I was struck with such great fear and amazement lest perhaps I should be destroyed, that I fell to the earth and I did hear no more.
23. Alma 46: 10, 14
      10 Yea, we see that Amalickiah, because he was a man of cunning device and a man of many flattering words, that he led away the hearts of many people to do wickedly; yea, and to seek to ^adestroy the church of God, and to destroy the foundation of ^bliberty which God had granted unto them, or which blessing God had sent upon the face of the land for the ^crighteous’ sake.
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      14 For thus were all the true believers of Christ, who belonged to the church of God, called by those who did not belong to the church.
24. Alma 62: 46
      46 And it came to pass that they did establish again the church of God, throughout all the land.
25. Hel. 3: 26, 33
      26 And it came to pass that the work of the Lord did prosper unto the baptizing and uniting to the church of God, many souls, yea, even tens of thousands.
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      33 And in the *fifty and first year of the reign of the judges there was peace also, save it were the pride which began to enter into the church—not into the church of God, but into the hearts of the people who ^aprofessed to belong to the church of God—
26. Hel. 4: 11
      11 Now this great loss of the Nephites, and the great slaughter which was among them, ^awould not have happened had it not been for their ^bwickedness and their abomination which was among them; yea, and it was among those also who professed to belong to the church of God.
27. Hel. 5: 35
      35 Now there was one among them who was a Nephite by birth, who had once belonged to the church of God but had dissented from them.
28. Hel. 6: 3
      3 Nevertheless, the people of the church did have great joy because of the conversion of the Lamanites, yea, because of the church of God, which had been established among them. And they did ^afellowship one with another, and did rejoice one with another, and did have great joy.
29. Morm. 8: 38
      38 O ye pollutions, ye hypocrites, ye teachers, who sell yourselves for that which will canker, why have ye polluted the holy church of God? Why are ye ^aashamed to take upon you the name of Christ? Why do ye not think that greater is the value of an endless happiness than that ^bmisery which never dies—because of the ^cpraise of the world?
30. D&C 70: 5
      5 Wherefore, I have appointed unto them, and this is their business in the church of God, to ^amanage them and the concerns thereof, yea, the benefits thereof.
31. D&C 84: 17
      17 Which ^apriesthood ^bcontinueth in the church of God in all generations, and is without ^cbeginning of days or end of years.
32. D&C 107: 80
      80 And after this decision it shall be had in remembrance no more before the Lord; for this is the highest council of the church of God, and a final decision upon controversies in spiritual matters.
33. D&C 138: 55
      55 I observed that they were also among the ^anoble and great ones who were ^bchosen in the beginning to be rulers in the Church of God.