The Faithful Church

⁷ “And to the ^[a]angel of the church in Philadelphia write,

‘These things says ^(A)He who is holy, ^(B)He who is true, ^(C)“He who has the key of David, ^(D)He who opens and no one shuts, and ^(E)shuts and no one opens”:

¹⁸ And I also say to you that ^(A)you are Peter, and ^(B)on this rock I will build My church, and ^(C)the gates of Hades shall not ^[a]prevail against it. ^19 (D)And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth ^[b]will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

¹⁸ “Assuredly, I say to you, ^(A)whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

^19 (B)“Again^[a] I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, ^(C)it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

^18 (A)I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, ^(B)I am alive forevermore. Amen. And ^(C)I have the keys of ^[a]Hades and of Death.

² And it was told to the house of David, saying, “Syria’s forces are ^[a]deployed in Ephraim.” So his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.