Gospel Verses

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 "For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance : that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures..." (NIV) The Gospel.

Romans 3:23 "...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God..." (NIV) Fall short of the glory of God.

Romans 6:23a "For the wages of sin is death,..." (NIV) The wages of sin.

Hebrews 9:27 "Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment..." (NIV) Judgment.

2 Corinthians 5:10 "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad." (NIV) Judgment.

Romans 2:6-9 "God 'will give to each person according to what he has done.' 7 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. 8 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. 9 There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;" (NIV) Judgment.

Revelation 21:8 "But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars--their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." (NIV) The Second Death.

Romans 6:23b "...but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (NIV) The Gift of God; Eternal Life.

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (NIV) The Promise of God.

John 1:29 "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'" (NIV) The Lamb of God; Ransom sacrifice.

John 5:24 "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life." (NIV) The Way of Salvation.

Acts 2:23-24 "This man was handed over to you by God's set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. 24 But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him." (NIV) God who raised Jesus from the dead.

1 Peter 1:3-4 "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you,..." (NIV) The Living Hope; The Kingdom of God.

House Church Verses

Jesus’ visits to houses:

Matthew 8:14 When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. (NIV)

Matthew 13:36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field." (NIV)

Mark 3:20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. (NIV)

Luke 5:29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. (NIV)

Luke 19:5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today." (NIV)

Churches that met in houses:

Romans 16:5 Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia. (NIV)

1 Corinthians 16:19 The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house. (NIV)

Colossians 4:15 Give my greetings to the brothers at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house. (NIV)

Philemon 1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker, 2 to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier and to the church that meets in your home: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (NIV)

Greetings to households:

Romans 16:10 Greet Apelles, tested and approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus. (NIV)

Romans 16:11 Greet Herodion, my relative. Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord. (NIV)

1 Corinthians 1:11 My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. (NIV)

Teaching sessions in houses:

Acts 5:42 Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ. (NIV)

Acts 16:32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. (NIV)

Acts 20:20 You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house. (NIV)

Acts 28:30-31 For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. 31 Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ. (NIV)

Believer’s fellowship in houses:

Acts 10:23 Then Peter invited the men into the house to be his guests. The next day Peter started out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went along. (NIV)

Acts 16:34 The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God--he and his whole family. (NIV)

Acts 16:40 After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia's house, where they met with the brothers and encouraged them. Then they left. (NIV)

Prayer in houses:

Acts 9:11 The Lord told him, "Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. (NIV)

Acts 10:30 Cornelius answered: "Four days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me (NIV)

Acts 12:12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. (NIV)

Marriage Verses

Genesis 1:27,28 "27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.'" (NIV)

Genesis 2:24 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh." (NIV)

Genesis 3:16,17 "16 To the woman he said, 'I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.' 17 To Adam he said, 'Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.'" (NIV)

Genesis 28:1 "So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him and commanded him: 'Do not marry a Canaanite woman.'" (NIV)

Nehemiah 13:26 "Was it not because of marriages like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was led into sin by foreign women." (NIV)

Matthew 19:12 "For some are eunuchs because they were born that way; others were made that way by men; and others have renounced marriage because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it." (NIV)

Matthew 24:38 "For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark..." (NIV)

Mark 12:25 "When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven." (NIV)

Luke 20:35 "But those who are considered worthy of taking part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage..." (NIV)

Romans 7:2 "For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage." (NIV)

1 Corinthians 7:1,2 "1 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry. 2 But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband." (NIV)

1 Corinthians 7:28 "But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this." (NIV)

Hebrews 13:4 "Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral." (NIV)