Verse set: The Doctrine of the Keys§↻

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• Matthew 16:13: When Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"
  
  
• Matthew 16:14: They answered, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
  
  
• Matthew 16:15: He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
  
  
• Matthew 16:16: Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
  
  
• Matthew 16:17: And Jesus answered him, "You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven!
  
  
• Matthew 16:18: And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
  
  
• Matthew 16:19: I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven."
  
  
• Matthew 16:20: Then he instructed his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.
  
  
• Acts 2:1: Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.
  
  
• Acts 2:2: Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting.
  
  
• Acts 2:3: And tongues spreading out like a fire appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them.
  
  
• Acts 2:4: All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.
  
  
• Acts 2:5: Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.
  
  
• Acts 2:6: When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
  
  
• Acts 2:7: Completely baffled, they said, "Aren't all these who are speaking Galileans?
  
  
• Acts 2:8: And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?
  
  
• Acts 2:9: Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia,
  
  
• Acts 2:10: Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,
  
  
• Acts 2:11: both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs - we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!"
  
  
• Acts 2:12: All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"
  
  
• Acts 2:13: But others jeered at the speakers, saying, "They are drunk on new wine!"
  
  
• Acts 2:14: But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: "You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.
  
  
• Acts 2:15: In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning.
  
  
• Acts 2:16: But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:
  
  
• Acts 2:17: 'And in the last days it will be,' God says, 'that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
  
  
• Acts 2:18: Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
  
  
• Acts 2:19: And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke.
  
  
• Acts 2:20: The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
  
  
• Acts 2:21: And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'
  
  
• Acts 2:22: "Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know -
  
  
• Acts 2:23: this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.
  
  
• Acts 2:24: But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.
  
  
• Acts 2:25: For David says about him, 'I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.
  
  
• Acts 2:26: Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope,
  
  
• Acts 2:27: because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.
  
  
• Acts 2:28: You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.'
  
  
• Acts 2:29: "Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
  
  
• Acts 2:30: So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,
  
  
• Acts 2:31: David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay.
  
  
• Acts 2:32: This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.
  
  
• Acts 2:33: So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.
  
  
• Acts 2:34: For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand
  
  
• Acts 2:35: until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."'
  
  
• Acts 2:36: Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ."
  
  
• Acts 2:37: Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What should we do, brothers?"
  
  
• Acts 2:39: For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."
  
  
• Acts 2:40: With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying, "Save yourselves from this perverse generation!"
  
  
• Acts 2:41: So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.
  
  
• Acts 8:1: And Saul agreed completely with killing him. Now on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
  
  
• Acts 8:2: Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.
  
  
• Acts 8:3: But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
  
  
• Acts 8:4: Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.
  
  
• Acts 8:5: Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them.
  
  
• Acts 8:6: The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.
  
  
• Acts 8:7: For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.
  
  
• Acts 8:8: So there was great joy in that city.
  
  
• Acts 8:9: Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.
  
  
• Acts 8:10: All the people, from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying, "This man is the power of God that is called 'Great.'"
  
  
• Acts 8:11: And they paid close attention to him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic.
  
  
• Acts 8:12: But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.
  
  
• Acts 8:13: Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.
  
  
• Acts 8:14: Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
  
  
• Acts 8:15: These two went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit.
  
  
• Acts 8:16: (For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
  
  
• Acts 8:17: Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.
  
  
• Acts 10:1: Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.
  
  
• Acts 10:2: He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.
  
  
• Acts 10:3: About three o'clock one afternoon he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him, "Cornelius."
  
  
• Acts 10:4: Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius replied, "What is it, Lord?" The angel said to him, "Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God.
  
  
• Acts 10:5: Now send men to Joppa and summon a man named Simon, who is called Peter.
  
  
• Acts 10:6: This man is staying as a guest with a man named Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea."
  
  
• Acts 10:7: When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius called two of his personal servants and a devout soldier from among those who served him,
  
  
• Acts 10:8: and when he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
  
  
• Acts 10:9: About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
  
  
• Acts 10:10: He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.
  
  
• Acts 10:11: He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.
  
  
• Acts 10:12: In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and wild birds.
  
  
• Acts 10:13: Then a voice said to him, "Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!"
  
  
• Acts 10:14: But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!"
  
  
• Acts 10:15: The voice spoke to him again, a second time, "What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!"
  
  
• Acts 10:16: This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.
  
  
• Acts 10:17: Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon's house was and approached the gate.
  
  
• Acts 10:18: They called out to ask if Simon, known as Peter, was staying there as a guest.
  
  
• Acts 10:19: While Peter was still thinking seriously about the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Look! Three men are looking for you.
  
  
• Acts 10:20: But get up, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them."
  
  
• Acts 10:21: So Peter went down to the men and said, "Here I am, the person you're looking for. Why have you come?"
  
  
• Acts 10:22: They said, "Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you."
  
  
• Acts 10:23: So Peter invited them in and entertained them as guests. On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.
  
  
• Acts 10:24: The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting anxiously for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
  
  
• Acts 10:25: So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.
  
  
• Acts 10:26: But Peter helped him up, saying, "Stand up. I too am a mere mortal."
  
  
• Acts 10:27: Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.
  
  
• Acts 10:28: He said to them, "You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.
  
  
• Acts 10:29: Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?"
  
  
• Acts 10:30: Cornelius replied, "Four days ago at this very hour, at three o'clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my house, and suddenly a man in shining clothing stood before me
  
  
• Acts 10:31: and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.
  
  
• Acts 10:32: Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon the tanner, by the sea.'
  
  
• Acts 10:33: Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. So now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us."
  
  
• Acts 10:34: Then Peter started speaking: "I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,
  
  
• Acts 10:35: but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.
  
  
• Acts 10:36: You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all) -
  
  
• Acts 10:37: you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced:
  
  
• Acts 10:38: with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.
  
  
• Acts 10:39: We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,
  
  
• Acts 10:40: but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen,
  
  
• Acts 10:41: not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
  
  
• Acts 10:42: He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.
  
  
• Acts 10:43: About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."
  
  
• Acts 10:44: While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.
  
  
• Acts 10:45: The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,
  
  
• Acts 10:46: for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,
  
  
• Acts 10:47: "No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?"
  
  
• Acts 10:48: So he gave orders to have them baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days.
  
  

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