35. The Church

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven:

Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. As the body is one, and hath many members: so also is Christ.

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence.