Matthew 16:18

Jesus says he will build his church on 'this rock,' and the gates of Hades will not prevail. It matters because Christ promises to build an unconquerable church.

Cross-references · 37

• Eph 2:19–22Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
• 1 Cor 3:9–11For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
• Isa 28:16So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
• Col 1:18And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
• Ps 125:1–2A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
• John 1:42Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
• Acts 2:47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
• Heb 12:28Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
• Heb 3:3–4For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
• John 10:27–30My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
• 1 Tim 3:15in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
• Zech 6:12–13And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.
• Isa 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
• Eph 5:32This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
• Prov 24:7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
• Rom 8:33–39Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
• Job 38:17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
• Eph 3:10His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
• Rev 21:14The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
• Acts 8:1And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
• Ps 9:13Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
• Eph 5:25–27Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
• Gal 2:9And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
• 1 Tim 3:5For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
• Matt 18:17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
• Matt 11:23And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
• Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
• Ps 69:12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
• Isa 28:6a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
• Gen 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
• Matt 10:2These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
• Rev 21:1–4Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
• Isa 38:10I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
• 1 Cor 15:55“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
• Ps 107:18They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
• 2 Sam 18:4“I will do whatever seems best to you,” the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out by hundreds and by thousands.
• Ps 127:5Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.

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