Names, Titles, Descriptions and Symbols of the Church in the Bible
(Ver 2.2) This is my list of the Names, Titles, Descriptions, Types and Symbols for the Church of Jesus Christ. If you are a Christian, this document helps to describe who you are and your place in the Kingdom of God. This is a living document of references to God. It will change and be updated as I find additional scriptures. A Name is a direct reference to the Church. A Title is a given direct identifying appellation signifying status or function. A Description is something that represents something in words. A Type is a real named person, place or thing that can be viewed to apply to a spiritual individual not named. A Symbol is a natural object that describes characteristics or features of a spiritual being you cannot see.
If you have found others that I may have not included yet, please share them in a comment. Thank you and God bless you in advance.
words. A Type is a real named person, place or thing that can be viewed to apply to a pattern of the spiritual individual not directly named. A Symbol is a natural object that describes the characteristics or features of a spiritual being that you cannot see or understand without first understanding the symbol. If you know of other references not named, please share them with me in a comment. Thank you.
Name, Title, Symbol, Type for the Church |
Description |
Scripture Reference |
12 Tribes |
New Covenant People in Jesus originating in His 12 Apostles, the fulfilment of Jacob’s 12 sons. |
James 1:1; |
Abraham’s Seed |
Those with Abraham’s type of Faith |
Gal 3:29; |
Babes |
Newborn (born again) Children of God |
Mat 11:25; Luke 10:21; |
Beloved |
The Bride of Christ |
Rom 9:25; 2 Ths 2:13; |
Blessed of My Father |
The Sheep of God’s Pasture |
Mat 25:34; |
Body, His |
Those married in Covenant to Christ |
Eph 1:23; Col 1:24; |
Body, the |
Those who are in Christ |
Eph 5:23; |
Body of Christ |
She Who is Joined and one with Christ |
Rom 7:4; 1 Cor 10:16, 12:27; Eph 4:12; Col 2:17 |
Born Again |
Those who are new Children of the Spirit |
John 3:3-6; 1 Pet 1:23; |
Born of God |
Children of the Spirit |
1 John 3:9, 4:7, 5:1, 4, 18; |
Born of Him |
Born Again of the Spirit |
1 John 2:29; |
Bride |
Married to Jesus |
John 3:29; Rev 21:2, 9; |
Bridechamber, Children of the |
Those married in covenant to the bridegroom (Jesus) |
Mat 9:15; |
Brother |
Sibling of eldest brother Jesus Christ |
Mat 10:50; Rom 8:29; Heb 2:11, 17; |
Called, the |
Those chosen by God |
Rom 1:6, 8:30, 9:24; 1 Cor 1:24; |
Candlestick |
Lights in the dark World |
Rev 1:20; |
Chosen |
Those people that have embraced the Calling of God to follow Jesus |
Jam 2:5; |
Chosen Generation |
Highly Favored People |
1 Pet 2:9; |
Children |
Sons and daughters of God |
Rom 8:17; |
Children, Dear |
Those dearly Loved by God |
Eph 5:1; |
Children of Abraham |
A Spiritual family type of Israel |
Gal 3:7; |
Children of God |
Born of the Spirit |
Mat 5:9; Rom 8:16, 21; Gal 3:26; 1 Jn 3:10; |
Children of Israel |
Spiritual Nation of God’s people |
Exo 19:6; Hos 2:23; |
Children of Light |
God is Light, those who are His children |
Luk 16:8; John 12:36; Eph 5:8; 1 Th 5:5; |
Children of the Day |
Those walking in the Light of God |
1 Th 5:5; |
Children of the Free Woman |
A type of the promised child born to Sarah, those who are reborn from the spiritual woman Jerusalem Above |
Gal 4:31; |
Children of the Living God |
Those Born of the Spirit |
Rom 9:26; |
Children of the Kingdom |
Those Who Belong to God’s Kingdom |
Mat 13:38; |
Children of the Promise |
Children of God’s Spoken Word |
Rom 9:8, Gal 4:28; |
Chosen |
Those Favored by God |
Eph 1:4; 2 Ths 2:13; |
Christ |
Those with God’s Anointing and Jesus in their Hearts |
2 Cor 6:15; |
Christian |
A Believer in Christ |
Acts 26:28; 1 Pet 4:16; |
Christians |
Followers of Christ |
Act 11:26; |
Church, Glorious |
Noble and Honorable |
Eph 5:27; |
Church, My |
Those Who Belong to God |
Mat 16:18; |
Church of Christ |
Those who Belong to Jesus |
Rom 16:16; |
Church of God |
Called Out by God |
Act 20:28; 1 Cor 1:2, 10:32; 2 Cor 1:1; |
Church of the Firstborn |
Those gathered in and with Christ Jesus the Firstborn from the dead |
Heb 12:23; |
Circumcised Heart |
God’s children that have been circumcised by the hand of the Spirit |
Rom 2:29; Php 3:3; Col 2:11; |
City |
The home of God within His people |
Mat 5:14; Rev 21:23; |
City, Faithful |
She who will be a faithful wife to God’s Covenant |
Isa 1:26; |
City of My God |
Where God Resides; |
Rev 3:12; |
City of Righteousness |
Those abiding with God who is their righteousness |
Isa 1:26; |
City of the Lord |
Those of the New Jerusalem |
Isa 60:14 |
City Not Forsaken, A |
Those pursued by God |
Isa 62:12; |
Daughter of Jerusalem |
The Church who is reborn by the Spirit of God, His Word and the woman Heavenly Jerusalem |
Mic 4:8; Zep 3:14; Zec 9:9; Gal 4:26; Heb 12:22; |
Daughter of Zion |
She who is Born of God |
Isa 52:2, 62:11; Mat 21:5; Heb 12:22; |
Disciple |
The Student of God |
Mat 10:24-25; |
Ekklesia (Church) |
A Calling Out |
Mat 18:17; Act 2:47; Rev 22:16; |
Elect, The |
Those Chosen of God |
Mat 24:31; |
Faithful Brethren in Christ |
Those married to Christ |
Col 1:2; |
Fellow Citizens |
Residents of the City of God |
Eph 2:10; |
Fellow Heirs |
Joint heirs together of God’s Kingdom |
Eph 3:6; |
Fellow Servant |
Working Together in Unison |
Rev 22:9; |
Field, His |
God’s Garden |
Mat 13:24; |
Flock of God |
Those in God’s Pasture |
1 Pet 5:2; |
Followers |
Those that that imitate the Godly examples of others |
1 Cor 11:1; |
Followers of God |
Led By the Spirit |
Eph 5:1; |
Friends |
Jesus Laid Down His Life for Us |
Jn 15:13-14; |
General Assembly |
Universal Congregation |
Heb12:23; |
Glory and Honor of the Nations |
Where God Resides |
Rev 21:26 |
Good Soldier of Jesus Christ |
Those in God’s Army |
2 Tim 2 :3; |
Great City |
She Who is Mighty and Strong |
Rev 21:10; |
Ground, Good |
The Good Soil of the Kingdom of God |
Mat 13:23; |
Habitation of God |
The New Jerusalem God’s City of Living Stones |
Eph 2:22; |
Heir(s) |
He Who Inherits |
Rom 8:17; Gal 3:29; Gal 4:1; Tit 3:7; 1 Pet 3:7; |
Heirs according to the Promise |
Those who inherit |
Gal 3:29 |
Heirs of God |
Those Who Inherit |
Rom 8:17; Gal 4:7; |
Heirs of Promise |
Those who inherit by an oath |
Heb 6:17; |
Heirs of Salvation |
Those that inherit the Kingdom of God |
Heb 1:14; |
Heirs of the Kingdom |
Those that inherit the Kingdom of God |
Jam 2:5; |
Holy City |
He has made her clean and ready |
Isa 52:1; Rev 21”2; |
Holy Jerusalem |
Blameless City of Jehovah |
Revn 21:10; |
Holy Nation |
Blameless People |
Exo 19:6; 1 Pet 2:9; |
House, Christ’s |
The Dwelling of Christ Jesus |
Heb 3:6; |
Household of Faith |
Those in the Family of God by Faith |
Gal 6:10; |
Household of God |
Those in the Family of God |
Eph 2:19; |
Household, His |
Those in the Family of God |
Mat 10:25; |
House of God |
Where the Spirit of God Lives |
1 Tim 3:15; |
House of Israel |
The Spiritual Israel in Covenant with Jesus |
Eze 34:30; Heb 8:8 |
House of Judah |
The Spiritual Jews in Covenant with Jesus |
Heb 8:8 |
In Christ |
Those abiding in Jesus Christ |
Rom 12:5; 1 Cor 1:2, 3:1 15:22; 2 Cor 1:21, 2:14, 3:14, 5:17; Gal 3:28; Eph 2:6, 2:10, 2:13, 3:6; 2 Tim 3:15; |
Isaac |
The church called a type of the son of promise being in Christ |
Gal 4:28; |
Israel |
God’s people saved by Grace |
Rom 11:26; |
Jerusalem |
City Redeemed of the Lord |
Isa 52:2, 9; Dan 9:25; |
Jew |
Spiritual type of natural Israel; Circumcised of the Heart |
Rom 2:29; |
Joined Unto the Lord |
The Bride of Christ |
1 Cor 6:17; |
Joint-Heirs with Christ |
Those who Inherit |
Rom 8:17; |
Just, the |
Those Who are Blameless |
Mat 13:49; |
Kingdom of Priests |
Spiritual People |
Exo 19:6; |
Kings |
God’s Royalty |
Rev 1:6; |
Kings of the Earth |
Rulers of the Earth |
Rev 1:5, 21:24 |
Lamb’s Wife, the |
Married to Jesus |
Rev 21:2, 9; |
Light |
Those of the Day |
2 Cor 6:14; Eph 5:8; Php 2:15; |
Light of the World |
Those that Teach the Truth and demonstrate the Love of God |
Mat 5:14; |
Living Stone |
The New Jerusalem of God |
1 Peter 2:5 |
Members of Christ |
The Body of Christ |
1 Cor 6:1; |
More than Conquerors |
The church in Christ Jesus |
Rom 8:37; |
Mother |
Spiritual Mother of God |
Mat 12:50; Gal 4:19; Rev 12:1; |
Nation, A |
Those of Spiritual Israel |
Isa 55:5; |
Nations of Them Which are Saved |
The Redeemed of the Lord from every nation |
Rev 21:24; |
New Creature |
Those Born of the Spirit |
2 Cor 5:17; |
New Jerusalem |
The Lamb’s Wife |
Rev 3:12, 21:2; |
One |
One consisting of many in Christ |
Gal 3:28; Eph 1:10; |
One Body |
One With Christ by Marriage Covenant; |
1 Cor 10:17, 12:12; |
One Bread |
One With Christ by Covenant |
1 Cor 10:17; |
Partakers of His Promise |
Participants of the union with the Holy Spirit. |
Eph 3:6; |
Peculiar People |
Purchased Possession |
Tit 2:15; 1 Pet 2:9; |
People, A |
God’s Spiritual People |
Heb 8:10 |
People, Holy |
Those made blameless |
Isa 62:12; |
People, My |
Spiritual Nation of Israel |
Hos 2:23; Rom 9:25; |
People Israel, My |
Children Born of the Sprit |
Mat 2:6; |
Pillar in the Temple of My God |
Living Stone |
Rev 3:12; |
Precious Fruit of the Earth |
That Which is to Be Harvested |
Jam 5:7; |
Priests |
Those who bring the sacrifice of Praise to God |
Rev 1:6; |
Priesthood, Holy |
Those who bring the sacrifice of Praise to God |
1 Pet 2:5; |
Purchased (Possession) |
Those Bought with the Blood |
Act 20:28; |
Rachael |
The type of the Bride of God’s Week of Work |
Gen 29:18 |
Ransomed of the Lord |
Those Bought with the Blood of Jesus |
Isaiah 35:10; |
Redeemed of the Lord |
Those Purchased from the World of Darkness |
Psa 107:2; Isa 51:11; 62:12; |
Righteous, the |
Those Justified by God |
Mat 13:43; 1 Pet 3:12; |
Righteousness |
Those Justified by God |
2 Cor 6:14; |
Righteousness, Servants of |
Those who Serve God’s Purpose |
Rom 6:18; |
Royal Priesthood |
New Covenant Kings and Priests that praise and worship God |
1 Pet 2:9; |
Ruth |
A Type of the Bride of Christ |
Ruth |
Saints |
Sacred, Pure, Blameless |
Rom 1:7, 15:25, 16:15; 1 Cor 1:2, 16:1, 15; 2 Cor 1:1, 13:13; Eph 1:1, 2:19, 3:18, 4:12, 6:18; Php 4:22; Col 1:2; 1 Th 3:13; |
Saints In Christ Jesus |
Those blameless in Christ |
Php 1:1; |
Saints in Light |
Those blameless in God |
Col 1:12; |
Salt of the Earth |
Those who flavor and preserve |
Mat 5:12; |
Same Body, the |
Joined members of the same body |
Eph 3:6; |
Saved |
Those redeemed from Satan’s kingdom |
Rom 8:24; 1 Cor 15:2; 2 Cor 2:15; |
Seed, Abraham’s |
Those of spiritual Father Abraham |
Gal 3:29; |
Seed, Good |
Those planted by God |
Mat 13:38; |
Seed, the |
Those of the Promise of Abraham |
Rom 9:8; |
Servant |
Those in service to God |
Mat 10:24; |
Sheep |
Those in God’s Flock sorted at the right Hand of God |
Mat 25:33; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 2:25; |
Sheep, My |
Those people dedicated to follow the Good Shepherd |
Jn 10:14; Jn 21:16 |
Sister |
The Sibling of Christ |
Mat 12:50; |
Sister Spouse |
Sister Married to Christ |
Song 4:9-10, 12; 5:1 |
Sons of God |
Those Born of the Spirit |
Jn 1:12, Rom 8:14, 8:19; Gal 4:6; Php 2:15; 1 John 3:1-2; |
Sons of the Living God |
Born of the Spirit |
Hos 1:10; |
Sought Out |
Those pursued by God |
Isa 62:12 |
Spiritual House |
The New Jerusalem God’s dwelling place |
1 Pet 2:5; |
Spouse |
The Bride of the Son of God Jesus |
Song 4:8, 11; |
Sweet Savor |
Pleasant aroma of Praise to God |
2 Cor 2:15; |
Tabernacle, the |
God’s Eternal Temple |
Rev 21:3; |
Temple of God, the |
God’s Dwelling Place |
1 Cor 3:16; |
Temple of the Holy Ghost, the |
God’s Holy Living City |
1 Cor 3:19; |
They which are written in the Lambs Book of Life |
The Church |
Rev 21:27; |
Tree, Good |
Those who produce Fruit of the Spirit |
Mat 7:17-18; |
Tree of the Field |
Those that bear fruit for God |
Eze 34:27; |
True Worshipper |
Those people in the Spirit |
Jn 4:23; |
Twelve Tribes, the |
The Spiritual Israel of God |
Jam 1:1; |
Vessels |
Those of the House in Honor |
2 Tim 2:20; |
Vessels of Mercy |
A saved human |
Rom 9:23; |
Way, the |
Believers walking and following the Good Shepherd in the narrow path of eternal life |
Gen 3:24; Mat 3:3; Mat 7:14; Act 9:2, Act 16:17; |
Wheat, the |
That which is planted by God for Harvest |
Mat 13:30; |
Wife |
The Church aka the Bride of Jesus |
Eph 5:25, 5:31-32; |
Woman, A |
The Bride of Christ |
Rev 12:1 |
Workman, A |
God’s faithful servants |
2 Tim 2:15; |
Zion, the |
Those of the New Jerusalem |
Isa 60:14; |
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