Peter, the rock, and the papacy

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. ¹⁹I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”

Matthew 16:18-19 (WEB) · context

¹Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed:

1 Peter 5:1 (WEB) · context

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.

Colossians 1:18 (WEB) · context

⁴⁸for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.

Luke 1:48 (WEB) · context

⁴⁶Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. ⁴⁷My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,

Luke 1:46-47 (WEB) · context

²⁷It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!” ²⁸But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

Luke 11:27-28 (WEB) · context

⁷But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:7 (WEB) · context

¹⁴For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

Hebrews 10:14 (WEB) · context

⁴³Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

Luke 23:43 (WEB) · context

¹⁰by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Hebrews 10:10 (WEB) · context

¹⁸Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

Hebrews 10:18 (WEB) · context

²⁴When he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me.”

1 Corinthians 11:24 (WEB) · context

⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9 (WEB) · context

⁵I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Psalms 32:5 (WEB) · context

⁵For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

1 Timothy 2:5 (WEB) · context

⁹Pray like this: “‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

Matthew 6:9 (WEB) · context

⁵For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

1 Timothy 2:5 (WEB) · context

⁸Now I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who had shown me these things. ⁹He said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers, the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

Revelation 22:8-9 (WEB) · context

⁴“You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: ⁵you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,

Exodus 20:4-5 (WEB) · context

²⁴God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

John 4:24 (WEB) · context

⁴He removed the high places, broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because in those days the children of Israel burned incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.

2 Kings 18:4 (WEB) · context

¹There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Romans 8:1 (WEB) · context

¹⁷“I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more.” ¹⁸Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

Hebrews 10:17-18 (WEB) · context

³⁰When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

John 19:30 (WEB) · context

¹⁶Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, ¹⁷that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (WEB) · context

¹¹Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

Acts 17:11 (WEB) · context

⁶And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

Romans 11:6 (WEB) · context

⁵not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Titus 3:5 (WEB) · context

²⁸We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

Romans 3:28 (WEB) · context

⁵But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

Romans 4:5 (WEB) · context

⁵For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

1 Timothy 2:5 (WEB) · context

¹²There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

Acts 4:12 (WEB) · context