Matthew 16:18 “You are Peter and on this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."
Matthew 18:15 "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 18 Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Luke 10:16 [Jesus to the Apostles:] “He who hears you hears me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me” (cf. 1 John 4:6).
Acts 8:30 “‘Do you understand what you are reading?’ 31 He replied, ‘How can I, unless someone instructs me?’”
Eph. 3:20 Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, for ever and ever. Amen. ...
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
First Timothy 3:15 “The church of the living God [is] the pillar and foundation of the truth.”