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Ephesians 2:19-22
So, then, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household,built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.In him the whole building, being put together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.In him you are also being built together for God’s dwelling in the Spirit.
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1 Corinthians 3 9-1 Corinthians 3 11
For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.According to God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder, and another builds on it. But each one is to be careful how he builds on it.For no one can lay any foundation other than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ.
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Isaiah 28:16
Therefore the Lord GOD said:“ Look, I have laid a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will be unshakable.
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John 1:42
and he brought Simon to Jesus. When Jesus saw him, he said,“ You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas”( which is translated“ Peter”).
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Colossians 1:18
He is also the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.
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Psalms 125:1-2
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.The mountains surround Jerusalem and the LORD surrounds his people, both now and forever.
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1 Timothy 3 15
But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
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Hebrews 3:3-4
For Jesus is considered worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder has more honor than the house.Now every house is built by someone, but the one who built everything is God.
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Zechariah 6:12-13
You are to tell him: This is what the LORD of Armies says: Here is a man whose name is Branch; he will branch out from his place and build the LORD’s temple.Yes, he will build the LORD’s temple; he will bear royal splendor and will sit on his throne and rule. There will be a priest on his throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two of them.
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Acts 2:47
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
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Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you will succeed, and you will refute any accusation raised against you in court. This is the heritage of the LORD’s servants, and their vindication is from me.” This is the LORD’s declaration.
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Psalms 9:13
Be gracious to me, LORD; consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me. Lift me up from the gates of death,
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Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
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Acts 8:1
Saul agreed with putting him to death. On that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria.
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Matthew 18:17
If he doesn’t pay attention to them, tell the church. If he doesn’t pay attention even to the church, let him be like a Gentile and a tax collector to you.
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Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.
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John 10:27-30
My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.I and the Father are one.”
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Ephesians 3:10
This is so that God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.
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Matthew 11:23
And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today.
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Revelation 21:14
The city wall had twelve foundations, and the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb were on the foundations.
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Galatians 2:9
When James, Cephas, and John— those recognized as pillars— acknowledged the grace that had been given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
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Ephesians 5:32
This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church.
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Matthew 10:2
These are the names of the twelve apostles: First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
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Ephesians 5:25-27
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for herto make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.He did this to present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.
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Hebrews 12:28
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful. By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
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Romans 8:33-39
Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies.Who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is the one who died, but even more, has been raised; he also is at the right hand of God and intercedes for us.Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?As it is written: Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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1 Timothy 3 5
( If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)
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Isaiah 38:10
I said: In the prime of my life I must go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years.
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Revelation 21:1-4
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.I also saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.Then I heard a loud voice from the throne: Look, God’s dwelling is with humanity, and he will live with them. They will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them and will be their God.He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; grief, crying, and pain will be no more, because the previous things have passed away.
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Genesis 22:17
I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the city gates of their enemies.
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Revelation 11:15
The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.
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Psalms 69:12
Those who sit at the city gate talk about me, and drunkards make up songs about me.
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1 Corinthians 15 55
Where, death, is your victory? Where, death, is your sting?
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2 Samuel 18 4
“ I will do whatever you think is best,” the king replied to them. So he stood beside the city gate while all the troops marched out by hundreds and thousands.
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Isaiah 28:6
a spirit of justice to the one who sits in judgment, and strength to those who repel attacks at the city gate.
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Psalms 107:18
They loathed all food and came near the gates of death.
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Psalms 127:5
Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them. They will never be put to shame when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.
