18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Church
• Kingdom of God
• Word of God

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 15:32 — If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
• 1Cor 16:8 — But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
• 1John 1:1 — That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
• 1Tim 1:3 — As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
• 2Cor 1:19 — For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
• Acts 18:19 — And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
• Acts 18:19 — And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
• Acts 18:24 — And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
• Acts 19:1 — And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
• Acts 20:17 — And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
• Col 2:1 — For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
• Col 4:15 — Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
• Deut 31:19 — Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
• Deut 32:39 — See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
• Eph 1:1 — Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
• Hab 2:2 — And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
• Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Heb 13:8 — Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
• Isa 30:8 — Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
• Isa 41:4 — Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
• Isa 43:11 — I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
• Isa 44:6 — Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
• Isa 48:12 — Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
• Jer 30:2 — Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
• Jer 30:2 — Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
• John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• John 8:58 — Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
• Matt 18:20 — For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
• Mic 5:2 — But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, f
• Ps 93:2 — Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
• Rev 1:2 — Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
• Rev 1:4 — John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
• Rev 1:4 — John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
• Rev 1:8 — I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
• Rev 1:8 — I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
• Rev 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
• Rev 1:19 — Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
• Rev 2:1 — Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
• Rev 2:8 — And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
• Rev 2:8 — And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;