20 Now in (A)a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, (B)some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.

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20 In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use.(A)

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(A)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as (B)a spiritual house, to be (C)a holy priesthood, (D)to offer spiritual sacrifices (E)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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you also, like living stones, are being built(A) into a spiritual house[a](B) to be a holy priesthood,(C) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(D)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit

21 (A)Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump (B)one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? 22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience (C)vessels of wrath (D)prepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known (E)the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he (F)has prepared beforehand for glory—

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21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?(A)

22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(B) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(C) 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory(D) known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory(E)

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For we are (A)God's fellow workers. You are God's field, (B)God's building.

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For we are co-workers in God’s service;(A) you are God’s field,(B) God’s building.(C)

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The precious sons of Zion,
    worth their weight in (A)fine gold,
how they are regarded as (B)earthen pots,
    the work of a potter's hands!

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How the precious children of Zion,(A)
    once worth their weight in gold,
are now considered as pots of clay,
    the work of a potter’s hands!

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And also (A)let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought back to the temple that is in Jerusalem, each to its place. You shall put them in the house of God.”

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Also, the gold(A) and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, are to be returned to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; they are to be deposited in the house of God.(B)

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15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.

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15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church(A) of the living God,(B) the pillar and foundation of the truth.

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Treasure in Jars of Clay

But we have this treasure in (A)jars of clay, (B)to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

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But we have this treasure in jars of clay(A) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God(B) and not from us.

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And all who were about them (A)aided them with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with beasts, and with costly wares, besides all that was freely offered.

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All their neighbors assisted them with articles of silver and gold,(A) with goods and livestock, and with valuable gifts, in addition to all the freewill offerings.

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22 In him (A)you also are being built together (B)into a dwelling place for God by[a] the Spirit.

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  1. Ephesians 2:22 Or in

22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.(A)

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(A)Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that (B)the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.

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  1. Daniel 5:2 Or predecessor; also verses 11, 13, 18

While Belshazzar was drinking(A) his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets(B) that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines(C) might drink from them.(D)

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  1. Daniel 5:2 Or ancestor; or predecessor; also in verses 11, 13 and 18

who was faithful to him who appointed him, (A)just as Moses also was faithful in all God's[a] house. For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself. (For every house is built by someone, but (B)the builder of all things is God.) (C)Now Moses was faithful in all God's house (D)as a servant, (E)to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, but Christ is faithful over God's house as (F)a son. And (G)we are his house, if indeed we (H)hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.[b]

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  1. Hebrews 3:2 Greek his; also verses 5, 6
  2. Hebrews 3:6 Some manuscripts insert firm to the end

He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.(A) Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses,(B) just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.(C) “Moses was faithful as a servant(D) in all God’s house,”[a](E) bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. But Christ is faithful as the Son(F) over God’s house. And we are his house,(G) if indeed we hold firmly(H) to our confidence and the hope(I) in which we glory.

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  1. Hebrews 3:5 Num. 12:7

16 (A)Do you not know that you[a] are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For (B)God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:16 The Greek for you is plural in verses 16 and 17

16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple(A) and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?(B) 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.

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