The Excellency and Glory of the Church
26 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
18 sections
- Augmented by Increase of Its Members
- Consist in Its: Being Established
- Consist in Its: Being the Body of Christ
- Consist in Its: Being the Bride of Christ
- Consist in Its: Being the Seat of God's Worship
- Consist in Its: Being the Temple of God
- Consist in Its: Eminent Position
- Consist in Its: Graces of Character
- Consist in Its: Members Being Righteous
- Consist in Its: Perfection of Beauty
- Consist in Its: Sanctification
- Consist in Its: Strength and Defence
- Derived from Christ
- Derived from God
- God Delights In
- Result from the Favour of God
- Saints Delight In
- Sin Obscures
Augmented by Increase of Its Members
- Isaiah 49:18 Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.
- Isaiah 60:4–14 Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm. …
Consist in Its: Being Established
- Psalm 48:8 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
- Isaiah 33:20 Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
Consist in Its: Being the Body of Christ
- Ephesians 1:22–23 And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church, …
Consist in Its: Being the Bride of Christ
- Psalm 45:13–14 All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold. …
- Revelation 19:7–8 Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. …
- Revelation 21:2 I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Consist in Its: Being the Seat of God's Worship
- Psalm 96:6 Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty fill His sanctuary.
Consist in Its: Being the Temple of God
- 1 Corinthians 3:16–17 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? …
- Ephesians 2:21–22 In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. …
Consist in Its: Eminent Position
- Psalm 48:2 Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
- Isaiah 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
Consist in Its: Graces of Character
- Song of Solomon 2:14 O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
Consist in Its: Members Being Righteous
- Isaiah 60:21 Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
- Revelation 19:8 She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.
Consist in Its: Perfection of Beauty
- Psalm 50:2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
Consist in Its: Sanctification
- Ephesians 5:26–27 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, …
Consist in Its: Strength and Defence
- Psalm 48:12–13 March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers, …
Derived from Christ
- Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- Luke 2:34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
Derived from God
- Isaiah 28:5 On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,
God Delights In
- Psalm 45:11 and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
- Isaiah 62:3–5 You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God. …
Result from the Favour of God
- Isaiah 43:4 Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
Saints Delight In
- Isaiah 66:11 so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.
Sin Obscures
- Lamentations 2:14–15 The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading. …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.