Matthew 16:18

Peter's Confession At Caesarea Philippi

¹⁷ And Jesus answering said to him, 'Happy art thou, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens. ¹⁸ 'And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it; ¹⁹ and I will give to thee the keys of the reign of the heavens, and whatever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever thou mayest loose upon the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.'

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John 1:42

and he brought him unto Jesus: and having looked upon him, Jesus saith, 'Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas, thou shalt be called Cephas,' (which is interpreted, A rock.)

Ephesians 2:19-22

Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

Colossians 1:18

And himself is the head of the body -- the assembly -- who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all things -- himself -- first,

Job 38:17

Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

Isaiah 38:10

I -- I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years.

Matthew 10:2

And of the twelve apostles the names are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Acts 2:47

praising God, and having favour with all the people, and the Lord was adding those being saved every day to the assembly.

Revelation 21:14

and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Genesis 22:17

that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which is on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies;

2 Samuel 18:4

And the king saith unto them, 'That which is good in your eyes I do;' and the king standeth at the side of the gate, and all the people have gone out by hundreds and by thousands,

Psalm 9:13

Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,

Psalm 69:12

Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.

Psalm 125:1-2

A Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah are as Mount Zion, It is not moved -- to the age it abideth.

Psalm 127:5

O the happiness of the man Who hath filled his quiver with them, They are not ashamed, For they speak with enemies in the gate!

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.

Isaiah 28:6

And for a spirit of judgment To him who is sitting in the judgment, And for might to those turning back the battle to the gate.

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: 'Lo, I am laying a foundation in Zion, A stone -- a tried stone, a corner stone precious, a settled foundation, He who is believing doth not make haste.

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising against thee, In judgment thou condemnest. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, And their righteousness from me, an affirmation of Jehovah!

Zechariah 6:12-13

and hast spoken unto him, saying: Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: Lo, a man! A Shoot -- is his name, And from his place he doth shoot up, And he hath built the temple of Jehovah.

Matthew 11:23

'And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades shalt be brought down, because if in Sodom had been done the mighty works that were done in thee, it had remained unto this day;

Matthew 18:17

And if he may not hear them, say it to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to thee as the heathen man and the tax-gatherer.

John 10:27-30

according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,

Acts 8:1

And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;

Romans 8:33-39

Who shall lay a charge against the choice ones of God? God is He that is declaring righteous,

1 Corinthians 3:9-11

for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.

1 Corinthians 15:55

where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?'

Galatians 2:9

and having known the grace that was given to me, James, and Cephas, and John, who were esteemed to be pillars, a right hand of fellowship they did give to me, and to Barnabas, that we to the nations, and they to the circumcision may go,

Ephesians 3:10

that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly places, through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

Ephesians 5:25-27

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

Ephesians 5:32

this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

1 Timothy 3:5

(and if any one his own house how to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

1 Timothy 3:15

and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God -- a pillar and foundation of the truth,

Hebrews 3:3-4

for of more glory than Moses hath this one been counted worthy, inasmuch as more honour than the house hath he who doth build it,

Hebrews 12:28

wherefore, a kingdom that cannot be shaken receiving, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and religious fear;

Revelation 11:15

And the seventh messenger did sound, and there came great voices in the heaven, saying, 'The kingdoms of the world did become those of our Lord and of His Christ, and he shall reign to the ages of the ages!'

Revelation 21:1-4

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more;

Psalm 107:18

All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death,