– Designates a group of people who live united by common interests.
– The entire history of the OT patriarchs – which goes from chapter 12 to 50 of Genesis – revolves around tribes, or groups of people, united by faith in the God of Abraham.
– In the NT, the community of Christians lived together by faith in Jesus Christ, whose doctrine they sought to follow:
Acts 11:19-21 : The hand of the Lord was with them and great was the number of those who […] converted to the Lord.
At 15.30 : Having said goodbye, the delegation went to Antioch. There they assembled the assembly and delivered the letter.
Rom 1,7-10 : For God, whom I serve in my spirit, announcing the Gospel of his Son.
Rom 1:16-17 : I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is power from God for salvation.
Rom 3:22-23 : This is the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all believers.
Rom 5:1-11 : Having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Cor 1,2-3 : Together with all those who, wherever they may be, invoke the name of our Lord.
1Cor 12,12-13 : For as the body is one with many members, and all the members of the body […] form one body.
1Th 1,6-7 : And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the word.
1Jn 1,1-2 : For the life appeared, and we have seen it; we bear witness and proclaim to you eternal life.
– See ASSEMBLY, CHURCH.
