And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Ver. 19. And I will give unto thee the keys] i.e. I will make thee and all my ministers stewards in my house, 1 Corinthians 4:1, such as Obadiah was in Ahab's house, as Eliakim in Hezekiah's, upon whose shoulder God laid the key of the house of David, so that he opened and none shut, and shut and none opened, Isaiah 22:22. Now let a man so think of us ministers, how mean soever, and we shall not lack respect.