Greek: ekklesia = edah + cahal EKKLESIA/EDAH MEETING IN A HOUSE | |
Acts 8:3 “Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house” | |
Romans 16:5 “also greet the church that is in their house.” | |
Romans 16:23 “Gaius, host to me and to the whole church” (Corinth) | |
I Corinthians 16:19 “the church that is in their house” (Prisca & Aquila at Ephesus) | |
Colossians 4:15 “Nympha and the church that is in her house.” (city near Laodicia and Collosse) | |
Philemon 2 “the church in your house” (Philemon's house in Collosse) | |
EKKLESIA/EDAH IN A CITY | |
Acts 8:1; 11:22 “the church which was in Jerusalem” | |
Acts 13:1 “in Antioch, in the church that was there” | |
Acts 18:22 “having landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church” | |
Acts 20:17 “he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church” | |
Romans 16:1 “the church which is at Cenchrea” | |
I Corinthians 1:2; II Corinthians 1:1 “the church of God which is at Corinth” | |
Colossians 4:16 “Have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans” | |
I Thessalonians 1:1; II Thessalonians 1:1 “the church of the Thessalonians” | |
Revelation 1:1 “the seven churches which are in Asia” | |
EKKLESIA/EDAH IN A PROVINCE | |
I Corinthians 16:1; Galatians 1:2 “as I directed the churches of Galatia” | |
I Corinthians 16:19 “The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you heartily in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.” | |
II Corinthians 8:1 “the churches of Macedonia” | |
EKKLESIA/EDAH IN A LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA | |
Acts 9:31 “the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria” | |
Galatians 1:22; I Thessalonians 2:14 “the churches of Judea which were in Christ” | |
II Corinthians 8:1 “which has been given in the churches of Macedonia” | |
ALL EKKLESIA/EDAH | |
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Ephesians 1:22-23 “And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the ekklesia/edah, which is His body; the fulness of Him who fills | |
Ephesians 5:25 “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the ekklesia/edah and gave Himself up | |
Ephesians 5:29 “for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does | |
Colossians 1:25 “of this ekklesia/edah I was made minister according to the stewardship of God bestowed | |
I Thessalonians 2:14 “For you, brethren, became imitators of the ekklesia/edah of God in Christ Jesus that are | |
III John 1:6 “and they bear witness to your love before |