Study Title: The Flight of the Radiant Woman
Author: Kirby Williams
Lesson Title: The Ecclesia in Paul's Epistles
Lesson No.: 8
Lesson Text: Rev. 12:2-5
Memory Verse:    ""   -ESV
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IV. The Ecclesia in the New Testament.

	E. In Paul's epistles.

		1. The word "ecclesia" meant individual churches, Rom. 16:3-5.

		2. The word "ecclesia" meant the universal church, 1Cor. 1:2-3, 10:32, 12:28.

		3. The church should have uniform conduct, 1Cor. 7:17, 14:33.

		4. The church should take care of its own, 1Cor. 16:1-3, 2Cor. 8:1-4.

		5. The attributes of the church.

			-- To protect the truth, 1Tim. 3:15.

			-- As the body of Christ, Eph. 4:15-16.

			-- As the bride of Christ, Eph. 5:25-27.



**All quotations are taken from the English Standard Version of the Bible unless otherwise noted.