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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  1. Matthew 16:18 The Greek words for Peter and rock sound similar
  2. Matthew 16:18 Greek the gates of Hades

19 So then you are no longer (A)strangers and aliens,[a] but you are (B)fellow citizens with the saints and (C)members of the household of God, 20 (D)built on the foundation of the (E)apostles and prophets, (F)Christ Jesus himself being (G)the cornerstone, 21 (H)in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into (I)a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him (J)you also are being built together (K)into a dwelling place for God by[b] the Spirit.

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  1. Ephesians 2:19 Or sojourners
  2. Ephesians 2:22 Or in

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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  1. Isaiah 28:16 Dead Sea Scroll I am laying

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. 1 Corinthians 3:10 Or wise

18 And (A)he is the head of the body, the church. He is (B)the beginning, (C)the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

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42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of (A)John. You shall be called (B)Cephas” (which means (C)Peter[a]).

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  1. John 1:42 Cephas and Peter are from the word for rock in Aramaic and Greek, respectively

The Lord Surrounds His People

A Song of (A)Ascents.

125 Those who (B)trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
    which (C)cannot be moved, but abides forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
    so (D)the Lord surrounds his people,
    from this time forth and forevermore.

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For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself. (For every house is built by someone, but (A)the builder of all things is God.)

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15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.

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47 praising God and (A)having favor with all the people. And the Lord (B)added to their number (C)day by day those who (D)were being saved.

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12 And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is (A)the Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and (B)he shall build the temple of the Lord. 13 (C)It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord (D)and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there[a] shall be a (E)priest on his throne, (F)and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”’

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  1. Zechariah 6:13 Or he

17     no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed,
    and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
    (A)and their vindication[a] from me, declares the Lord.”

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  1. Isaiah 54:17 Or righteousness

13 (A)Be gracious to me, O Lord!
    See my affliction from those who hate me,
    O you who lift me up from (B)the gates of death,

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17 Have (A)the gates of death been revealed to you,
    or have you seen the gates of (B)deep darkness?

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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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25 (A)Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and (B)gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by (C)the washing of water (D)with the word, 27 so (E)that he might present the church to himself in splendor, (F)without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.[a]

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  1. Ephesians 5:27 Or holy and blameless

10 so that through the church the manifold (A)wisdom of God (B)might now be made known to (C)the rulers and authorities (D)in the heavenly places.

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

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The New Heaven and the New Earth

21 Then I saw (A)a new heaven and a new earth, for (B)the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw (C)the holy city, (D)new Jerusalem, (E)coming down out of heaven from God, (F)prepared (G)as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, (H)the dwelling place[a] of God is with man. He will (I)dwell with them, and they will be his people,[b] and God himself will be with them as their God.[c] (J)He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and (K)death shall be no more, (L)neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

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  1. Revelation 21:3 Or tabernacle
  2. Revelation 21:3 Some manuscripts peoples
  3. Revelation 21:3 Some manuscripts omit as their God

28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving (A)a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus (B)let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,

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32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

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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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33 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? (A)It is God who justifies. 34 (B)Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—(C)who is at the right hand of God, (D)who indeed is interceding for us.[a] 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,

(E)“For your sake (F)we are being killed all the day long;
    we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

37 No, in all these things we are more than (G)conquerors through (H)him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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  1. Romans 8:34 Or Is it Christ Jesus who died… for us?

17 If he refuses to listen to them, (A)tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, (B)let him be to you as (C)a Gentile and (D)a tax collector.

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10 I said, (A)In the middle[a] of my days
    I must depart;
I am consigned to the gates of Sheol
    for the rest of my years.

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  1. Isaiah 38:10 Or In the quiet

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