And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
-- 1 Peter 5:4


For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
-- Habakkuk 2:14

Church Analogies (Chain #4142)

 

 

A Building
1 Corinthians 3:9 (NIV)

9 For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. 

A Building
1 Corinthians 3:9 (KJV)

9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. 

Christ The Builder
Matthew 16:18 (NIV)

18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 

Christ The Builder
Matthew 16:18 (KJV)

18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 

Christ The Cornerstone
Ephesians 2:19-20 (NIV)

19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household,  20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 

Christ The Cornerstone
Ephesians 2:19-20 (KJV)

19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 

A Living Body
1 Corinthians 12:27 (NIV)

27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 

A Living Body
1 Corinthians 12:27 (KJV)

27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 

Christ The Head
Colossians 2:19 (NIV)

19 He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow. 

Christ The Head
Colossians 2:19 (KJV)

19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. 

A Flock
Luke 12:32 (NIV)

32 "Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. 

A Flock
Luke 12:32 (KJV)

32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 

Christ The Shepherd
John 10:11 (NIV)

11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 

Christ The Shepherd
John 10:11 (KJV)

11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 

A Bride
Revelation 21:2 (NIV)

2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 

A Bride
Revelation 21:2 (KJV)

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Christ The Bridegroom
John 3:29 (NIV)

29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. 

Christ The Bridegroom
John 3:29 (KJV)

29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. 

Treasured Possessions
Malachi 3:17 (NIV)

17 "They will be mine," says the LORD Almighty, "in the day when I make up my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as in compassion a man spares his son who serves him. 

Treasured Possessions
Malachi 3:17 (KJV)

17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

Branches Of the Vine
John 15:1-2 (NIV) 
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 

Branches Of the Vine
John 15:1-2 (KJV) 
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 

A Temple
1 Corinthians 3:16 (NIV)

16 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? 

A Temple
1 Corinthians 3:16 (KJV)

16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 

Christ The High Priest
Hebrews 4:15 (NIV)

15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin. 

Christ The High Priest
Hebrews 4:15 (KJV)

15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.