Matthew 16:18

And I tell you: you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church. The gates of the realm of the dead will not overpower it.
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Treated in 11 passages across the library.

  1. How to Succeed in the Christian Life · R. A. Torrey

    Church Membership cites Matt. 16: 18

    …the church will continue to the end. “The gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matt. 16: 18). The church is made up of men and women, imperfect men and women, and consequently is an…

  2. Feasting at the table · Gareth Evans

    A Body and a Building cites Matt 16:18

    …said that He would build His church and the gates of Hell would not prevail against it (Matt 16:18). Such a church is bonded together in love and ministering in the power of an indwelling…

  3. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Exordium cites Matt. xvi. 18

    …resist. But let us come to our own times. John Huss preached thus against the Pope from Matt. xvi. 18 — ‘The gates of hell shall not prevail against my church. Is there there any obscurity or…

  4. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Sarah cites Matthew 16:18

    …He has said, “I will build My church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18). Further, He will build His church on the rock, as exemplified in Peter! Which…

  5. The Key Teachings of G. K. Chesterton · Ochorus Originals

    The Five Deaths of the Faith cites MATTHEW 16:18

    …this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. MATTHEW 16:18 The Everlasting Man ends, before its summary, with a short chapter about the history of…

  6. Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (For Teens) · John Foxe

    A Church That Will Not Be Destroyed cites Matthew 16:18

    …this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” — Matthew 16:18 (KJV) In 1554, a young English scholar named John Foxe climbed onto a ship and fled the…

  7. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    What’s the Difference Between Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants? cites Matthew 16:18

    …pointing to Jesus’ words, “you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church” (Matthew 16:18). Orthodox and Protestants read that verse differently and don’t accept his authority.…

  8. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Scriptural Christianity cites Matt. 16:18

    …his church upon a rock, and the gates of hell should not” wholly “prevail against her.” (Matt. 16:18.) III. 1. But shall we not see greater things than these? Yea, greater than have been yet…

  9. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    The Church Which Christ Builds cites Matt. xvi. 18

    …this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”—Matt. xvi. 18. DO we belong to the Church which is built upon a rock? Are we members of the only Church…

  10. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    The Church cites Matt. xvi. 18

    …it,” and to which He says, “I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” (Matt. xvi. 18; xxviii. 20.) This is the only Church which possesses true unity. Its members are…

  11. The Key in My Hand · Gareth Evans

    The Key to Release cites Matthew 16:16-19

    …shall be bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven” (Matthew 16:16-19). For centuries, the Roman Catholic Church taught that this is the mandate given to all…

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