2 Timothy 2:20

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In a large house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay; some are for honorable use and some for dishonorable.

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  • Lam 4:2 : 2 The precious children of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen vessels, the work of a potter's hands!
  • Rom 9:21-23 : 21 Does not the potter have the right over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? 22 What if God, wishing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction? 23 And what if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of mercy, whom he prepared beforehand for glory—
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But if I delay, you will know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
  • 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • Heb 3:2-6 : 2 He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God's house. 3 For Jesus has been found worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. 4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. 5 Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to what would be spoken later. 6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we boast.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
  • 1 Cor 3:16-17 : 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
  • 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
  • Eph 2:22 : 22 And in Him you too are being built together to become a dwelling place for God in the Spirit.
  • Dan 5:2 : 2 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar commanded that the gold and silver vessels his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem be brought in, so that the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines could drink from them.
  • Exod 27:3 : 3 You shall make pots to remove its ashes, along with its shovels, basins, forks, and firepans. All its utensils shall be made of bronze.
  • Ezra 1:6 : 6 Their neighbors supported them with silver articles, gold, goods, livestock, and choice gifts, in addition to all the freewill offerings.
  • Ezra 6:5 : 5 Also, the gold and silver articles of the house of God that Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon must be returned and brought back to the temple in Jerusalem, each to its rightful place, and deposited into the house of God.

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    21If anyone cleanses themselves from the latter, they will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

  • Rom 9:21-23
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    21Does not the potter have the right over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

    22What if God, wishing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?

    23And what if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of mercy, whom he prepared beforehand for glory—

  • 2 Tim 2:19
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    19Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: 'The Lord knows those who are His,' and, 'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.'

  • 1 Cor 3:12-14
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    12If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

    13each one’s work will become evident, for the Day will make it clear because it will be revealed by fire. The fire will test the quality of each one’s work.

    14If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.

  • Prov 25:4
    70%

    4Remove the impurities from silver, and a vessel will come forth for the refiner.

  • 1 Cor 3:17
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    17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

  • 2 Cor 4:7
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    7But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

  • Prov 17:3
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    3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the Lord tests hearts.

  • Jer 18:4
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    4But the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, so he remade it into another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make.

  • 2 Tim 2:15
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    15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

  • Titus 2:10
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    10They must not pilfer but must demonstrate complete faithfulness, so that they may make the teaching of God our Savior attractive in every way.

  • 1 Tim 6:1
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    1All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching are not slandered.

  • Prov 27:21
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    21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but a person is tested by their praise.

  • Titus 2:7-8
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    7In all things, present yourself as an example of good works, with integrity, dignity, and incorruptibility in your teaching.

    8Let your speech be sound and beyond reproach, so that any opponent may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

  • Jas 2:2
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    2Suppose a man with gold rings and dressed in fine clothes enters your assembly, and a poor man in filthy clothes also comes in.

  • Titus 1:15
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    15To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; rather, both their mind and conscience are defiled.

  • Heb 3:4
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    4For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.

  • 1 Cor 3:9-10
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    9For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

    10According to the grace God has given me, like a wise master builder, I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each one should be careful how they build.

  • 1 Sam 2:30
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    30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: I certainly said that your house and your father’s house would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For those who honor Me I will honor, but those who despise Me will be disdained.

  • 1 Thess 4:4
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    4That each of you knows how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

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    19Also, deliver the vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God in Jerusalem.

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    39The entire lampstand with its utensils shall be made from a talent of pure gold.

  • Jude 1:22-23
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    22And have mercy on those who are doubting;

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    21In Him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

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  • 2 Kgs 12:13
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    13the masons and stonecutters, and to purchase timber and cut stone for repairing the damage to the temple of the LORD, as well as to cover all other costs related to the temple repairs.

  • 2 Cor 7:1
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  • Job 3:15
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    15Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

  • Rom 2:11
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  • Isa 40:19
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  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29So that no one may boast before him.

  • Rom 12:4
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    4For just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members serve the same function,

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    8through glory and dishonor, through slander and praise; regarded as deceivers, yet truthful;

  • 1 Cor 12:24
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    24whereas our presentable parts have no need of it. But God has composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it,

  • Ezek 22:18
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    18Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead inside a furnace—they are the dross of silver.

  • Lev 11:33
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    33If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean, and you must break the pot.

  • 2 Cor 5:1
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    1For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

  • 1 Chr 22:15
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    15Moreover, you have an abundance of workers—stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and every kind of skilled craftsman.

  • Titus 2:5
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  • Ezra 8:27
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    27Also, twenty gold basins worth 1,000 darics, and two vessels of polished bronze, as desirable as gold.

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