About Christ and the church:

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. � Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her � to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, � and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. � We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. � Not that I am looking for a gift, but I am looking for what may be credited to your account. � Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. � May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, � encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. � He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. � 

Verse References In The Order Presented Above -- 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ; Ephesians 5:25 ; Haggai 2:26 ; Haggai 2:27 ; Col. 1:28 ; Philippians 4:17 ; Colossians 3:15 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:16 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:17 ; 1 Corinthians 1:8