Mat 16:18, 1Cor 3:9-15, Eph 2:20-22, 1Ti 3:15, Heb 3:3-6, 1Pe 2:5-6 | ESV | STEP | And I tell you , you are Peter , and on this rock I will build my church , and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it .

ad ver. 2; Cited from Num. 12:7

ae Ex. 14:31; Deut. 34:5; Josh. 1:2; 8:31; Ps. 105:26; Rev. 15:3

af Deut. 18:15, 18, 19

agSee ch. 1:2

ah 1 Cor. 3:16; 6:19; 2 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 2:21; 1 Tim. 3:15; 1 Pet. 2:5

ai ver. 14; ch. 6:11; Ps. 119:33, 112; Matt. 10:22; Rev. 2:26

ak Eph. 2:20-22; [1 Cor. 3:9]

al Heb. 3:4, 6

am ver. 9

an Isa. 56:7; Mal. 1:11; Rom. 12:1; Heb. 13:15

ao Rom. 15:16; Phil. 4:18

apCited from Isa. 28:16

aq Rom. 9:33; 10:11

Matthew 16:18

18 And I tell you, ^ayou are Peter, and ^bon this rock ^{▼▼The Greek words for Peter and rock sound similar} I will build my church, and ^dthe gates of ^ehell ^{▼▼Greek the gates of Hades} shall not prevail against it.

1 Corinthians 3:9-15

9 For we are ^gGod’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, ^hGod’s building.

10 ⁱAccording to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a ^jfoundation, and ^ksomeone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a ^lfoundation other ^mthan that which is laid, ⁿwhich is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— 13 ^oeach one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed ^pby fire, and ^qthe fire will test what sort of work each one has done. 14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, ^rhe will receive a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, ^sbut only as through fire.

Ephesians 2:20-22

20 ^tbuilt on the foundation of the ^uapostles and prophets, ^vChrist Jesus himself being ^wthe cornerstone, 21 ^xin whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into ^ya holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him ^zyou also are being built together ^aainto a dwelling place for God by ^{▼▼Or in} the Spirit.

1 Timothy 3:15

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.

Hebrews 3:3-6

3 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. 4 (For every house is built by someone, but ^acthe builder of all things is God.) 5 ^adNow Moses was faithful in all God’s house ^aeas a servant, ^afto testify to the things that were to be spoken later, 6 but Christ is faithful over God’s house as ^aga son. And ^ahwe are his house, if indeed we ^aihold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts insert firm to the end}

1 Peter 2:5-6

5 ^akyou yourselves like living stones are being built up as ^ala spiritual house, to be ^ama holy priesthood, ^anto offer spiritual sacrifices ^aoacceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture:

^ap“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
^aqand whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”