2 Timothy 2:20
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20 But in a great house there are not only (A)vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.
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2 Timothy 2:20
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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)
Romans 9:21-23
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21 Does not the (A)potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make (B)one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering (C)the vessels of wrath (D)prepared for destruction, 23 and that He might make known (E)the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had (F)prepared beforehand for glory,
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Romans 9:21-23
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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)—
1 Peter 2:5
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5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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1 Peter 2:5
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5 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 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit
1 Timothy 3:15
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15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and [a]ground of the truth.
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- 1 Timothy 3:15 foundation, mainstay
1 Timothy 3:15
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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.
1 Corinthians 3:9
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9 For (A)we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are (B)God’s building.
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1 Corinthians 3:9
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Lamentations 4:2
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2 The precious sons of Zion,
[a]Valuable as fine gold,
How they are [b]regarded (A)as clay pots,
The work of the hands of the potter!
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- Lamentations 4:2 Lit. Weighed against
- Lamentations 4:2 reckoned
Lamentations 4:2
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2 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!
Ezra 6:5
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5 Also let (A)the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple which is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and taken back to the temple which is in Jerusalem, each to its place; and deposit them in the house of God”—
Ezra 6:5
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Ephesians 2:22
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22 (A)in whom you also are being built together for a (B)dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
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Ephesians 2:22
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22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.(A)
2 Corinthians 4:7
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Cast Down but Unconquered
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, (A)that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.
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2 Corinthians 4:7
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7 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.
Ezra 1:6
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6 And all those who were around them [a]encouraged them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with precious things, besides all that was (A)willingly offered.
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- Ezra 1:6 Lit. strengthened their hands
Ezra 1:6
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6 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.
Hebrews 3:2-6
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2 who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as (A)Moses also was faithful in all His house. 3 For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as (B)He who built the house has more honor than the house. 4 For every house is built by someone, but (C)He who built all things is God. 5 (D)And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as (E)a servant, (F)for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, 6 but Christ as (G)a Son over His own house, (H)whose house we are (I)if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope [a]firm to the end.
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- Hebrews 3:6 NU omits firm to the end
Hebrews 3:2-6
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2 He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.(A) 3 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. 4 For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.(C) 5 “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. 6 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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- Hebrews 3:5 Num. 12:7
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
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16 (A)Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone [a]defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
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- 1 Corinthians 3:17 destroys
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
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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.
Daniel 5:2
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2 While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels (A)which his [a]father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.
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- Daniel 5:2 Or ancestor
Daniel 5:2
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2 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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- Daniel 5:2 Or ancestor; or predecessor; also in verses 11, 13 and 18
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