While I am saddened at (although I do find it just) Ron being banned here, I do hope he continues to read what is posted. As to Biblical Verses that when looked at with prayer and an open heart attest to the Catholic Faith, I’ve cut and pasted the long list below from http://www.staycatholic.com

But I would like to petition eveyone here in continuing to pray for Ron’s return to the Church, I’m confident that by the intercession of our Lady, and the prayers of everyone here, he can turn his biblical knowledge into a great tool for the return of others to the Church, once he comes back home.
With no more editorialization, here are the verses.
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The Church

Matthew 16:18 – Jesus established and protects His Church
Matthew 28:20 – Jesus promises to be with His Church always
John 16:13 – The Holy Spirit guides the Church into all truth
1 Timothy 3:15 – The Church (not the Bible) is the pillar and foundation of truth
Matthew 18:17-18 – If someone refuses to listen to the Church cast him out
Matthew 28:18-20 – The Churches authority is Jesus’ authority
1 John 4:6 – Anyone who knows God listens to the Church
Luke 10:16 – He who rejects the Church rejects Christ
Matthew 16:19 – The Church has power to legislate
Acts 15:28 – Decisions of the Church are decisions of the Holy Spirit
Acts 15:6-29 – Apostles and elders settle disputes authoritatively through councils
Acts 16:4 – People are to observe the decisions of the Apostles and elders
Acts 1:15-26 – The Apostles choose successors (bishops)
Titus 1:5 – Bishops appoint presbyters (priests)
1 Peter 5:5 – Be subject to the elders
Hebrews 13:17 – “Obey your leaders and submit to them”
John 10:16 – The Church must be one
Ephesians 4:4-5 – There is one body, one Lord, one faith and one baptism
Romans 16:17-18 – Avoid those who create dissensions
1 Corinthians 1:10 – There must be no divisions among you
Philippians 2:2 – Be in full accord and of one mind
John 17:21 – Jesus prayed that we would be one

Apostolic Succession

Ephesians 2:19-20 – The Church is built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets
Ephesians 4:11 – That some should be apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers
Acts 1:23-26 – Matthias is chosen to replace Judas
Acts 9:26-30 – Paul is approved by the Apostles
Acts 14:14 – Barnabas is also called an apostle
Titus 1:5 – Titus performs the duties of an apostle
1 Timothy 1:3-7 – Timothy is instructed to exercise the authority of an apostle
1 Timothy 3:1-7 – Qualifications for bishops (successors to the apostles)
1 Timothy 4:14 – The office of bishop was conferred upon Timothy by the laying on of hands

The Pope / Infallibility

John 1:42 – Simon is named Cephas (Peter) which means rock
1 Corinthians 1:12, 3:22, 9:5, 15:5, Galatians 2:9, 2:11, and 2:14 – Paul refers to Peter as Cephas
Matthew 16:18 – Jesus builds His Church on Peter the rock
Matthew 16:19 – Jesus gives Peter the keys of the kingdom, the power to loose and bind
John 21:15-17 – Jesus entrusts the care of His sheep to Peter
Luke 22:32 – Jesus tells Peter to strengthen his brethren
Acts 1:15-26 – Peter presided over the meeting that elected Matthias to replace Judas
Acts 2:14-42 – Peter preached the first public sermon (Pentecost)
Acts 3:6-8 – Peter performs the first miracle after Pentecost
Acts 5:1-11 – Peter inflicts the first punishment (Ananias and Saphira)
Acts 10:9-16 – It is revealed to Peter that Gentiles can be admitted into the Church
Acts 10:44-48 – Peter baptizes the first Gentiles
Matthew 10:2-4, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:13 – Peter is always listed first

The Bible Alone?

* 2 Timothy 3:16-17 – Scripture is profitable for teaching, that the man of God may be complete
Acts 8:26-35 – But guidance is needed to interpret the Scriptures
1 Timothy 3:15 – The Church (not the Bible) is the pillar and foundation of truth
Acts 2:42 – Church followed apostolic teaching (no Bibles, printing press not invented yet)
2 Peter 1:20 – Scripture is not a matter of ones own interpretation
2 Peter 3:16 – The ignorant and unstable twist Scripture to their own destruction
Proverbs 3:5 – Do not rely on your own insight

Tradition

* Matthew 15:3, Mark 6:8, Mark 7:9, and Colossians 2:8 – Human traditions condemned
2 Thessalonians 2:15 – Believers commanded to hold fast to Sacred Tradition
2 Thessalonians 3:6 – Shun those not living according to Sacred Tradition
1 Corinthians 11:2 – Corinthians commended for maintaining the traditions handed down to them
Romans 16:17 – Avoid those who are in opposition to the doctrine which you have been taught

Justification

* Romans 1:17 – The just shall live by faith
Galatians 5:6 – “Faith working through love”
2 John 6 – Love is following His commandments
Romans 12:9-13 – “Let love be genuine, hold fast to what is good”
Acts 16:30-31 – Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved
John 3:36 – Not obeying is not believing
Mark 10:17 – “What must I do to be saved?”
Mark10:19-21 – Obey the commandments
1 John 2:3-5 – “He who says, ‘I know him’ but disobeys His commandments is a liar”
Revelation 20:12, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Romans 2:2-8, 1 Peter 1:17 – We are judged by our deeds
Romans 2:13 – Doers of the law not hearers of the law will be justified
James 2:14-26 – “Faith without works is dead”
Matthew 25:31-46 – The saved are those who feed the poor and cloth the naked
John 14:6 – Jesus is the only way to salvation
Matthew 25:40 – Reject your neighbor and you reject Jesus
* Ephesians 2:8-9 – We are saved by grace not our works
Hebrews 4:15-16 – God gives us grace in time of need, we do nothing on our own
Romans 1:5 – Jesus provides the grace to bring about the obedience of faith
1 Corinthians 10:13 – No temptation is too great, grace provides a way out
1 Corinthians 12:3 – We cannot even say that Jesus is Lord with out grace
Phillipians 4:13 – We can do anything with Christ (works performed by grace are not our works)
Matthew 7:21 – [that’s why] Only those who do the will of the Father will enter the kingdom

Have You Been Saved?

Ephesians 2:5-8, 2 Timothy 1:9, Titus 3:5-7 – I have been saved
Phillipians 2:12 – I am being saved
Matthew 10:22, Matthew 24:13, Titus 3:5-7, Phillipians 3:11-14 – I hope to be saved
1 Corinthians 9:25-27, Romans 11:22, Hebrews 10:26 – Salvation can be lost
2 John 8, Hebrews 6:4-8 – Salvation can be lost
Luke 24:46-47 – Repentance is necessary for salvation
Romans 2:4 – Even Christians need to repent to be forgiven
Revelation 2:5 – Even Christians need to repent to be forgiven
Acts 26:20 – There should be evidence of your repentance
1 Corinthians 4:2-5 – Paul does not even claim to be saved

Regenerative Baptism

John 3:5 – You must be born of water and of Spirit to enter the kingdom
Acts 2:38 – Repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of your sins
Titus 3:5 – We are saved by the washing of regeneration
Acts 22:16 – “Be baptized and wash away your sins”
Romans 6:4 – “We were baptized into Christ’s death that we might walk in newness of life”
1 Peter 3:21 – “Baptism now saves you”

Infant Baptism

Colossians 2:11-12 – Baptism replaces circumcision
Genesis 17:12 – Circumcision took place on the eighth day after birth
Mark 10:14 – Children can receive spiritual benefits
Luke 18:15 – “Now they were bringing even infants to Him”
Acts 16:15 – She was baptized with all her household (children?)
Acts 16:33 – He was baptized with all his family (children?)
1 Corinthians 1:16 – Paul baptized the household of Stephanus (children?)
Acts 2:39-39 – Be baptized, “the promise is to you and to your children”

Sunday Worship

Colossians 2:14-16 – Christians are not to be judged for not observing the Jewish Sabbath
Romans 6:14 – Christians are not bound by Jewish ceremonial law
Galatians 4:9-11 – Paul considers adherence to the Jewish days of observance as possible evidence of straying from the faith
Acts 20:7 – The disciples met on the first day of the week (Sunday) to break bread (celebrate the Eucharist)
1 Corinthians 16:2 – The Corinthians collected money for the Church on the first day of the week (Sunday)

The Mass

Malachi 1:11 – Foresees a pure sacrifice that takes place among the nations (Jews & Gentiles)
Matthew 26:26-28 – At the Last Supper Jesus broke the bread and gave it to His disciples
Acts 2:42 – The early church devoted itself to the Apostles teaching and the breaking of bread
Acts 2:46 – They attended temple (Liturgy of the Word) and broke bread (Liturgy of the Eucharist)

Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist

Exodus 12:8, 46, Leviticus 6:17-19 – Under the Old Covenant the sacrificial lamb was eaten
1 Corinthians 5:7 – Jesus is the sacrificial lamb of the New Covenant
John 6:53 – Under the New Covenant the sacrificial lamb must also be eaten
John 6:35-71 – The Eucharist is promised
John 6:35, 48, 51 – Jesus says, “I am the Bread of Life”
John 6:51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 – Jesus says, “The bread which I give is my flesh”
John 6:66 – Jesus disciples took him literally and He didn’t correct them
Isaiah 9:20 – To symbolically eat ones flesh meant to do harm
Isaiah 49:26 – To symbolically eat ones flesh meant to do harm
Micah 3:3 – To symbolically eat ones flesh meant to do harm
Matthew 26:26-28 – The Eucharist is instituted, “This is my body this is my blood”
1 Corinthians 10:16 – The bread and wine are a participation in the body and blood of Christ
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 – This is my body this is my blood
1 Corinthians 11:27-29 – Receiving unworthily is profaning the body and blood of the Lord

Confession / Reconciliation

Mark 2:5 – Jesus forgives sins
John 20:21 – Jesus says: “As I have been sent so I send you”
2 Corinthians 5:18 – Christ gave us the ministry of reconciliation
John 20:23 – If you (the apostles and their successors) forgive the sins of any they are forgiven
John 20:23 – If you (the apostles and their successors) retain the sins of any they are retained
Romans 2:4 – “Do you not know that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?”
Acts 3:19 – Repentance needed for forgiveness
Matthew 6:15 – Believers may not retain the sins of anyone

Purgatory

Numbers 20:12 – Moses and Aaron, though forgiven, are still punished
2 Samuel 12:13-14 – David, though forgiven, is still punished
1 John 5:16-17 – There is sin that is not deadly
Revelation 21:27 – Nothing unclean shall enter heaven
Hebrews 12:23 – All in heaven have been made perfect
Matthew 12:36 – “On judgment day men will account for every careless word they utter”
Matthew 18:23-35 – In the kingdom of heaven you will remain in prison until your debt is paid
1 Corinthians 3:11-15 – Fire will test each ones work. He will be saved but only as through fire
Luke 12:41-48 – There are different degrees of punishment after death
2 Maccabees 12:42-45 – He prayed for the dead that they might be freed from their sin
2 Timothy 1:16-18 – Paul prays for his dead friend Onesiphorus

Praying to Saints

* Deuteronomy 18:10-11 – Critics liken praying to saints to divination
1 Samuel 28:3-14 – Divination is conjuring information from the dead (not asking for their prayers)
* 1 Timothy 2:5 – “There is one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus”
Hebrews 9:15 – Specifically: “He [Jesus] is the mediator of a new covenant” (when someone prays for you they are not mediating a new covenant)
1 Corinthians 12:13 – “We were all baptized into one body”
Romans 12:5 – We are one body and individually members of one another
Colossians 1:18 – Christ is the head of the body
Romans 8:35-39 – Death cannot separate us from Christ (or the rest of the body either)
1 Corinthians 12:26 – If one suffers all suffer
Galatians 6:2 – We are to bear one another’s burdens
James 5:16 – We are to pray for one another
James 5:16 – The prayer of the righteous has great power
Luke 15:7 – Those in heaven (very righteous) care for us
Revelation 4:8 – Those in heaven pray constantly
Matthew 18:10 – The angels pray for us
Revelation 5:8 – The angels and saints present our prayers to God
Revelation 8:3-4 – The angels add their prayers to ours and present them to God
Tobit 12:12 – An angel presented Tobit and Sarah’s prayer to God
2 Maccabees 15:11-14 – The deceased Onias and Jeremiah pray for Israel

Mary Ever-Virgin

* Matthew 1:25 – Joseph knew her not until she had born a son
Luke 1:80 – The word until in Greek does not imply that anything happened after the fact
Matthew 13:55 – “Are not His [Jesus] brethren James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?”
Matthew 27:56 – Mary the mother of James and Joseph is also –
John 19:25 – Mary the wife of Clopas (not Joseph)
Matthew 28:10 – Jesus said, “Tell my brethren to go to Galilee and there they will see me”
Matthew 28:16 – “The eleven disciples went to Galilee” (Are they His siblings too?)
Mark 6:3 – Jesus is the son of Mary not a son of Mary
John 19:26-27 – Jesus entrusted the care of His mother to the apostle John as He had no siblings

The Immaculate Conception

Genesis 3:15 – Enmity between Satan and Mary (if she sinned there would be no enmity)
* Romans 3:23 – All have sinned (Paul is saying there is no advantage for Jew or Gentile)
Luke 1:28 – “Hail full of grace,” in Greek indicates something that was completed in the past
* Luke 1:47 – “My spirit rejoices in God my savior” (Jesus saved Mary by preserving her from sin)

The Assumption

2 Kings 2:1-13 – Elijah is assumed into heaven
Hebrews 11:5 – Enoch is assumed into heaven
John 5:28-29 – All of the righteous will be assumed into heaven

The Mother of God

Luke 1:43 – Elizabeth calls her “The mother of my Lord” Jesus is Lord because He is God

Statues and Images

* Exodus 20:4-5 – “You shall not make a graven image;you shall not bow down and serve them”
Exodus 25:18 – “And you shall make two cherubim of gold (for the Ark of the Covenant)”
Exodus 26:1 – The curtains around the ark have cherubim on them
Exodus 26:31 – The linen veil had cherubim placed on it
Numbers 21:8-9 – The Lord tells Moses to make the bronze serpent (did He forget Exodus 20?)
1 Kings 6:23 – By God’s design the temple had engraved cherubim
1 Kings 6:35 – Doors in the temple had Cherubim, flowers and palm trees carved on them
1 Kings 7:25-45 – By God’s design the temple had bronze oxen and lions

Relics

2 Kings 13:20-21 – A dead man comes to life after touching the bones of Elisha
Matthew 9:20-22 – A woman is cured by touching Jesus’ garment
Acts 19:11-12 – People were healed by handkerchiefs or aprons that touched Paul

Holy Medals and Scapulars

Numbers 15:37-40 – The Israelites wore reminders of God

The Trinity

Genesis 18:1-2 – “And the Lord appeared to him;he beheld three men”
Genesis 1:26-27 – God says: “Let us make man in our image;God made man in His image”
Matthew 28:19 – “Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”
2 Corinthians 13:14 – “The grace of Jesus, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit”

Jesus is God

Isaiah 9:6 – Prophecy concerning Jesus: “He will be called;Mighty God”
John 1:1 – Jesus is the Word and the Word is God
John 8:58 – Jesus claims to be the great “I Am” (God, Exodus 3:14)
John 10:30-33 – Jesus said: “The Father and I are one”
John 10:38 – Jesus said: “I am in the Father and the Father is in me”
John 14:9 – Jesus said: “He who has seen me has seen the Father”
John 20:28 – Jesus accepts Thomas calling Him “My Lord and my God”
Colossians 2:9 – “In Him [Jesus} dwells the fullness of deity”
Titus 2:13 – “Awaiting our great God and Savior Jesus Christ”

The Holy Spirit is God

Acts 5:3-4 – Lying to the Holy Spirit is lying to God
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 – “The Lord is the Spirit”

The Holy Spirit is a Person Not a Force

John 14:26 – The Holy Spirit will teach you all things
Acts 8:29 – “And the Spirit said to Philip”
Acts 13:2 – “The Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul'”
Romans 8:27 – “The Spirit intercedes for the saints”
1 Corinthians 2:11 – “No one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit”
1 Corinthians 12:11 – “The Spirit apportions to each one as He wills”
Ephesians 4:30 – “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit”

Confirmation

Acts 8:14-17 – Peter and John pray for baptized Samaritans to receive the Holy Spirit
Acts 19:5-6 – Paul lays hands on those already baptized and they receive the Holy Spirit

Holy Orders

Luke 22:17-19 – Jesus institutes the priesthood at the Last Supper
John 20:22 – The Apostles are given the authority to forgive sin
Titus 1:5 – Bishops appoint presbyters (priests)
Acts 6:2-6 – The first deacons are ordained
Acts 14:23 – Paul and Barnabas appoint elders for the churches at Derbe
Titus 1:5 – Titus, a bishop, is to appoint presbyters (priests) in every town

Celibacy

* 1 Timothy 4:1-3 – Forbidding marriage is a doctrine of demons
Ephesians 5:21-33 – Marriage is good, a symbol of Christ and His Church
Matthew 19:12 – Jesus praises celibacy
1 Corinthians 7:8 – The apostle Paul was celibate
1 Corinthians 7:32-35 Celibacy is recommended for those in ministry

Anointing of the Sick

Mark 6:13 – The Apostles anointed the sick with oil and healed them
James 5:14-15 – The presbyters (priests) pray over and anoint the sick with oil

Chastity

Mark 7:21-23 – Fornication is called evil
1 Corinthians 6:18 – Flee fornication, it is a sin against your body
1 Corinthians 6:19 – Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. You are not your own
1 Corinthians 6:20 – You were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body
1 Thessalonians 4:3 – Abstain from fornication, control your body in holiness not in lust
1 Corinthians 7:1 – It is well for a man not to touch a woman
1 Corinthians 7:2 – Because of the temptation to immorality each man should have his own wife
1 Corinthians 7:2 – And each woman her own husband
Galatians 5:19-21 – Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity…those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God
Ephesians 5:5 – No fornicator has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God
Revelation 22:15 – Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and fornicators and murderers ;
Colossians 3:5-6 – Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity…

Matrimony

Matthew 19:5 – A man leaves his father and mother to be joined to his wife
Matthew 19:6 – What God has joined together let no man put asunder
Ephesians 5:21-33 – Marriage is an image of the relationship between Christ and His Church

Artificial Birth Control

Genesis 1:28 – Adam and Eve told by God to be fruitful and multiply
Genesis 38:9-10 – Onan killed for spilling his seed on the ground
Deuteronomy 25:5-10 – Penalty for defying the Leverite law was not death
Galatians 5:20 – The word sorcery, pharmekeia in Greek, refers to abortifacient potions

Divorce and Remarriage

Malachi 2:14-16 – “For I hate divorce says the Lord”
Matthew 5:31-32 – “Whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery”
Matthew 19:9 – Whoever divorces and marries another commits adultery
Mark 10:10-12 – Whoever divorces and marries another commits adultery
Luke 16:18 – Divorce and remarriage is adultery
Romans 7:2-3 – A woman is bound to her husband for life. If she lives with another it’s adultery
1 Corinthians 7:10-11 – When divorce is necessary remain single or reconcile

Homosexuality

Genesis 2:18 – It is not good that man should be alone
Genesis 2:18 – I will make him a helper fit for him
Genesis 1:27 – Male and female He created them
Genesis 1:28 – He said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply”
Genesis 2:24 – Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and cleaves to his wife
Leviticus 18:22 – You shall not lie with a male as with a woman, it is an abomination
Romans 1:27 – Homosexuality called unnatural and shameless
1 Corinthians 6:9 – Practicing homosexuals will not go to heaven
Matthew 25:31-45 – Jesus is the one who will judge (that is not the job of believers)
Matthew 19:19 – You shall love your neighbor as yourself (homosexuals are your neighbors)

The Rapture

* 1 Thessalonians 4:17 – We shall be caught up together in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air
* Matthew 24:40 – Two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left
Matthew 24:47 – One man is rewarded (salvation)
Matthew 24:51 – The other is punished (hell) (that leaves no one on earth)
1 Thessalonians 4:15 – Jesus is coming back once more (not twice for a rapture and judgment)
Acts 3:20-21 – Jesus must stay in heaven until that time
Acts 1:11 – When He returns He will be coming all the way down to the earth (not hover above it)
Matthew 25:31-45 – When He comes He will come to judge the living and the dead
Matthew 25:46 – Some go to eternal punishment, some to eternal life (no one left on earth)

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