Mat 16:19, Joh 20:23, Act 15:23-31, 1Cor 5:4-5, 2Cor 2:10, Rev 3:7-8 | ESV | STEP | I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven , and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven , and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven .

19 I will give you ^athe keys of the kingdom of heaven, and ^bwhatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed ^{▼▼Or shall have been bound . . . shall have been loosed} in heaven.”

John 20:23

23 ^dIf you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Acts 15:23-31

23 with the following letter: ^e“The brothers, both ^fthe apostles and the elders, to the brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verses 32, 33, 36} who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, ^hgreetings. 24 Since we have heard that ⁱsome persons have gone out from us and ^jtroubled you ^{▼▼Some manuscripts some persons from us have troubled you} with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions, 25 it has seemed good to us, having come ^lto one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our ^mbeloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 ⁿmen who have ^orisked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 We have therefore sent ^pJudas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth. 28 For it has seemed good ^qto the Holy Spirit and ^rto us ^sto lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: 29 ^tthat you abstain from ^uwhat has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”

30 So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch, and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter. 31 And when they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.

1 Corinthians 5:4-5

4 When you are assembled ^vin the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5 you are ^wto deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so ^xthat his spirit may be saved ^yin the day of the Lord. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add Jesus}

2 Corinthians 2:10

10 Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,

Revelation of John 3:7-8

To the Church in Philadelphia

7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of ^aathe holy one, ^abthe true one, ^acwho has the key of David, ^adwho opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

8 “‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you ^aean open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.