Ephesians 2:20
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20 (A)built on the foundation of the (B)apostles and prophets, (C)Christ Jesus himself being (D)the cornerstone,
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1 Peter 2:4-5
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4 As you come to him, a living stone (A)rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 (B)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as (C)a spiritual house, to be (D)a holy priesthood, (E)to offer spiritual sacrifices (F)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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Matthew 16:18
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18 And I tell you, (A)you are Peter, and (B)on this rock[a] I will build my church, and (C)the gates of (D)hell[b] shall not prevail against it.
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- Matthew 16:18 The Greek words for Peter and rock sound similar
- Matthew 16:18 Greek the gates of Hades
1 Peter 2:7-8
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7 So the honor is for you who (A)believe, but for those who (B)do not believe,
8 and
(D)“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, (E)as they were destined to do.
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- 1 Peter 2:7 Greek the head of the corner
Isaiah 28:16
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16 therefore thus says the Lord God,
(A)“Behold, I am the one who has laid[a] as a foundation (B)in Zion,
a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
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- Isaiah 28:16 Dead Sea Scroll I am laying
Revelation 21:14
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14 And the wall of the city had twelve (A)foundations, and (B)on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
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Ephesians 4:11-13
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11 And (A)he gave the (B)apostles, the prophets, the (C)evangelists, the (D)shepherds[a] and teachers,[b] 12 (E)to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for (F)building up (G)the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to (H)the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, (I)to mature manhood,[c] to the measure of the stature of (J)the fullness of Christ,
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- Ephesians 4:11 Or pastors
- Ephesians 4:11 Or the shepherd-teachers
- Ephesians 4:13 Greek to a full-grown man
1 Corinthians 3:9-11
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9 For we are (A)God's fellow workers. You are God's field, (B)God's building.
10 (C)According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled[a] master builder I laid a (D)foundation, and (E)someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a (F)foundation other (G)than that which is laid, (H)which is Jesus Christ.
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- 1 Corinthians 3:10 Or wise
Acts 4:11-12
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Psalm 118:22
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- Psalm 118:22 Hebrew the head of the corner
Luke 20:17-18
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17 But he (A)looked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written:
18 (C)Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls (D)on anyone, it will crush him.”
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- Luke 20:17 Greek the head of the corner
Mark 12:10-11
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10 (A)Have you not read (B)this Scripture:
(C)“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;[a]
11 this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
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- Mark 12:10 Greek the head of the corner
Galatians 2:9
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9 and when James and Cephas and John, (A)who seemed to be (B)pillars, perceived the (C)grace that was given to me, they (D)gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
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Matthew 21:42
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42 Jesus said to them, (A)“Have you never read in the Scriptures:
(B)“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;[a]
this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
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- Matthew 21:42 Greek the head of the corner
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