¹⁸ And I also say to you that ^(A)you are Peter, and ^(B)on this rock I will build My church, and ^(C)the gates of Hades shall not ^[a]prevail against it.

Christ Our Cornerstone

¹⁹ Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, ²⁰ having been ^(A)built ^(B)on the foundation of the ^(C)apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being ^(D)the chief cornerstone, ²¹ in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into ^(E)a holy temple in the Lord, ^22 (F)in whom you also are being built together for a ^(G)dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

⁹ For ^(A)we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are ^(B)God’s building. ^10 (C)According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid ^(D)the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. ¹¹ For no other foundation can anyone lay than ^(E)that which is laid, ^(F)which is Jesus Christ.

A Cornerstone in Zion

¹⁶ Therefore thus says the Lord God:

¹⁸ And ^(A)He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, ^(B)the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

⁴² And he brought him to Jesus.

Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of ^[a]Jonah. ^(A)You shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, ^[b]A Stone).

The Lord the Strength of His People

A Song of Ascents.

⁴⁷ praising God and having favor with all the people. And ^(A)the Lord added ^[a]to the church daily those who were being saved.

³ For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as ^(A)He who built the house has more honor than the house. ⁴ For every house is built by someone, but ^(B)He who built all things is God.