Isaiah 28:16
16therefore thus says the Lord God,a“Behold, I am the one who has laid ▼
▼Dead Sea Scroll I am laying
as a foundation cin Zion,a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
Matthew 16:18
18And I tell you, dyou are Peter, and eon this rock ▼ I will build my church, and gthe gates of hhell ▼▼Greek the gates of Hades
shall not prevail against it. 1 Corinthians 3:9-11
9For we are jGod’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, kGod’s building.10 lAccording to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a mfoundation, and nsomeone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 11For no one can lay a ofoundation other pthan that which is laid, qwhich is Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:28
28And rGod has appointed in the church first sapostles, second tprophets, third teachers, then umiracles, then vgifts of healing, whelping, xadministrating, and yvarious kinds of tongues.Galatians 2:9
9and when James and Cephas and John, zwho seemed to be aapillars, perceived the abgrace that was given to me, they acgave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.Ephesians 4:11-13
11And adhe gave the aeapostles, the prophets, the afevangelists, the agshepherds ▼▼Or pastors
and teachers, ▼▼Or the shepherd-teachers
12 ajto equip the saints for the work of ministry, for akbuilding up althe body of Christ, 13until we all attain to amthe unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, anto mature manhood, ▼▼Greek to a full-grown man
to the measure of the stature of apthe fullness of Christ, Revelation of John 21:14
14And the wall of the city had twelve aqfoundations, and aron them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
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