⁴ Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and ⁵ like living stones let yourselves be built^[a] into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.^(A)

¹⁰ For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.^(A)

¹⁵ if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.^{(A) 16} Without any doubt, the mystery of godliness is great:

³ Facing the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and facing the pavement that belonged to the outer court, the chambers rose^[a] gallery^[b] by gallery^[c] in three stories.^(A)

¹⁶ were paneled,^[a] and all around all three had windows with recessed^[b] frames. Facing the threshold, the temple was paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered).^(A)

⁸ Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting Lebanon timber. My servants will work with your servants^{(A) 9} to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.

⁹ So he built the house and finished it; he roofed the house with beams and planks of cedar.^(A)