And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundatio
And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things
A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which i
Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being sav
For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the
in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will b
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of t
This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorit
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in
Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as yo
And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnaba
For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become t
And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that wer
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Yo
“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
“I will do whatever seems best to you,” the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out
They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.