Matthew 16:18

18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and fon this grock1 I will hbuild my church, and the igates of hell2 shall not prevail against it.

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Ephesians 2:20
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

Revelation 21:14
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Mark 3:16
He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);

Luke 6:14
Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,

John 1:42
He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter).

Psalm 127:1
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.

Acts 9:31
So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.

1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.

Ephesians 2:20–22
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

1 Peter 2:5
you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

Psalm 9:13
Be gracious to me, O LORD! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,

Psalm 107:18
they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.


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2 View All Leviticus 19:27
ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]