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<!-- interlanguage:start -->[[ko:교회]]<!-- interlanguage:end -->The '''church''' is a community of believers who have faith in God and follow Him. In the New Testament—originally written in Greek—the word ''ekklēsia'' (ἐκκλησία),<ref>[https://biblehub.com/greek/1577.htm Strong's Greek: 1577. ἐκκλησία], ''Bible Hub''</ref> meaning “assembly” or “congregation,” is used to refer to the Church. Among the four Gospels, this term appears only in the [[Gospel of Matthew]],<ref name="마 16">{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+16%3A18&version=NIV |title=Matthew 16:18|quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+18%3A17&version=NIV |title=Matthew 18:17|quote= }}</ref> but it occurs more than 110 times throughout the New Testament, including in both the [[Paul’s Epistles|Pauline]] and general epistles.
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The '''church''' is a community of believers who have faith in God and follow Him. In the New Testament—originally written in Greek—the word ''ekklēsia'' (ἐκκλησία),<ref>[https://biblehub.com/greek/1577.htm Strong's Greek: 1577. ἐκκλησία], ''Bible Hub''</ref> meaning “assembly” or “congregation,” is used to refer to the Church. Among the four Gospels, this term appears only in the [[Gospel of Matthew]],<ref name="마 16">{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+16%3A18&version=NIV |title=Matthew 16:18|quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+18%3A17&version=NIV |title=Matthew 18:17|quote= }}</ref> but it occurs more than 110 times throughout the New Testament, including in both the [[Paul’s Epistles|Pauline]] and general epistles.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==