Mat 16:18, Act 20:28, Eph 3:21, 1Ti 3:15, Heb 12:22-24 | 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 .

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.

Acts 20:28

28 ^gPay careful attention to yourselves and to all ^hthe flock, in which ⁱthe Holy Spirit has made you ^joverseers, ^kto care for ^lthe church of God, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts of the Lord} which he ⁿobtained ^owith his own blood. ^{▼▼Or with the blood of his Own}

Ephesians 3:21

21 ^qto him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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 12:22-24

22 But you have come to ^rMount Zion and to the city of the living God, ^sthe heavenly Jerusalem, and to ^tinnumerable angels in festal gathering, 23 and to ^uthe assembly ^{▼▼Or church} of the firstborn who are ^wenrolled in heaven, and to ^xGod, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 and to Jesus, ^ythe mediator of a new covenant, and to ^zthe sprinkled blood ^aathat speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.