²² I will place the key^(A) of the House of David on his shoulder; what he opens, no one can close; what he closes, no one can open.^(B)

¹⁸ I assure you: Whatever you bind on earth is already bound^[a] in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed^[b] in heaven.^(A)

²³ If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”^(A)

¹⁸ and the Living One. I was dead, but look—I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.

The Letter to Philadelphia

⁷ “Write to the angel of the church in Philadelphia:

“The Holy One, the True One, the One who has the key of David, who opens and no one will close, and closes and no one opens^(A) says: