²² I will place the key^(A) of the house of David on his shoulder; what he opens, no one can close; what he closes, no one can open.^(B)

¹⁸ Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound^[a] in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed^[b] in heaven.^(A)

²³ If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’^(A)

¹⁸ and the Living One.^(A) I was dead, but look – I am alive for ever and ever,^(B) and I hold the keys^(C) of death and Hades.

The Letter to Philadelphia

⁷ ‘Write to the angel of the church in Philadelphia: Thus says the Holy One, the true one,^(A) the one who has the key of David, who opens and no one will close, and who closes and no one opens:^(B)