Matthew 16:18

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.

Cross References

Genesis 22:17

I will indeed bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore. And your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies,

2 Samuel 18:4

The king said to them, “Whatever seems best to you I will do.” So the king stood at the side of the gate, while all the army marched out by hundreds and by thousands.

Job 38:17

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

Psalm 107:18

they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.

Psalm 127:5

Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

Psalm 129:2

“Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

Psalm 69:12

I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.

Psalm 9:13

Be gracious to me, O Lord! Behold what I suffer from those who hate me, O thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.

Isaiah 28:16

therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘He who believes will not be in haste.’

Isaiah 28:6

and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, In the noontide of my days I must depart; I am consigned to the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years.

Isaiah 54:17

no weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord.”

Jonah 2:6

at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for ever; yet thou didst bring up my life from the Pit, O Lord my God.

Matthew 10:2

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

Matthew 11:23

And you, Caperna-um, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

Matthew 18:17

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

Matthew 4:18

As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Matthew 7:24

“Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

John 1:42

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

Acts 2:47

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

Acts 20:28

Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

Acts 8:1

And Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

1 Corinthians 15:55

“O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?”

Galatians 2:9

and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised;

Ephesians 3:10

that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places.

Ephesians 5:32

This mystery is a profound one, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church;

Colossians 1:18

He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent.

1 Timothy 3:15

if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth.

1 Timothy 3:5

for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for God's church?

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe;

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever.”

Revelation 21:14

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