Mat 16:18, 1Cor 3:9-17, 2Cor 6:16-17, Eph 2:19-22, 1Ti 3:15, Heb 3:3-6 | 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 .

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 3:9-17

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.

16 ^tDo you not know that you ^{▼▼The Greek for you is plural in verses 16 and 17} are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For ^vGod’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

2 Corinthians 6:16-17

16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For ^wwe are the temple of the living God; as God said,

^x“I will make my dwelling among them and ^ywalk among them,
and ^zI will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
17 Therefore ^aago out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you,

Ephesians 2:19-22

19 So then you are no longer ^abstrangers and aliens, ^{▼▼Or sojourners} but you are ^adfellow citizens with the saints and ^aemembers of the household of God, 20 ^afbuilt on the foundation of the ^agapostles and prophets, ^ahChrist Jesus himself being ^aithe cornerstone, 21 ^ajin whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into ^aka holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him ^alyou also are being built together ^aminto 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 ^aothe builder of all things is God.) 5 ^apNow Moses was faithful in all God’s house ^aqas a servant, ^arto testify to the things that were to be spoken later, 6 but Christ is faithful over God’s house as ^asa son. And ^atwe are his house, if indeed we ^auhold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts insert firm to the end}