Matthew 16:18

Peter's Confession At Caesarea Philippi

¹⁷ And Jesus answered and said to him: Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah; for flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. ¹⁸ And I say to you, That you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church: and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it. ¹⁹ And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.

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John 1:42

He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him: We have found the Messiah; (which, when translated, is the Christ;)

Ephesians 2:19-22

Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

Colossians 1:18

and he is the head of the body, the church: and he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in all things he might be preeminent;

Matthew 10:2

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

Acts 2:47

praising God, and being in favor with all the people. And the Lord added the saved daily to the Church.

Revelation 21:14

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Matthew 11:23

And thou, Capernaum, that hast been exalted to heaven, shalt be brought down to hades. For if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would have remained till this day.

Matthew 18:17

But if he refuse to hear them, tell it to the church; and if he also refuse to hear the church, let him be to you as a heathen man and a publican.

John 10:27-30

my sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

Acts 8:1

And at that time there was a great persecution against the church that was in Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Romans 8:33-39

"Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifies.

1 Corinthians 3:9-11

For we are fellow-laborers for God: you are God's field, you are God's building.

1 Corinthians 15:55

Death, where is thy sting? Hades, where is thy victory?

Galatians 2:9

and knowing the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, but they to the circumcision,

Ephesians 3:10

to the end that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known, through the church, to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly regions,

Ephesians 5:25-27

Husbands, love your wives, as the Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it,

Ephesians 5:32

Great is this mystery; but I speak of Christ and of the church.

1 Timothy 3:5

for if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?

1 Timothy 3:15

but if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

Hebrews 3:3-4

For this man is counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who has builded the house, has more honor than the house.

Hebrews 12:28

Wherefore, as we receive a kingdom that can not be shaken, let us have gratitude, by which we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear:

Revelation 11:15

And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of the world has become our Lord's and his Christ s, and he shall reign from age to age.

Revelation 21:1-4

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away: and the sea was no more.