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Matthew 16:18

WEB

18I also tell you that you are Peter,[+] and on this rock [+] I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades[+] will not prevail against it.

KJV

18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

BSB

18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

FBV

18I also tell you that you are Peter,[+] and on this rock I will build my church and the powers of death[+] t overcome it.

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Extra References

Ephesians 2:19-22

19So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God, 20being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone; 21in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; 22in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 3:9-11

9For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.

10According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it. 11For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 28:16

16Therefore the Lord GOD says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

Colossians 1:18

18He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Psalms 125:1-2

1Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever. 2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.

John 1:42

42[+] He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is by interpretation, Peter).

Acts 2:47

47praising God and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

Hebrews 12:28

28Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

Hebrews 3:3-4

3For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house. 4For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.

1 Timothy 3:15

15but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.