2 Timothy 2:20

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Now in a wealthy home there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also ones made of wood and of clay, and some are for honorable use, but others for ignoble use.

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  • Lam 4:2 : 2 ב(Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold– Alas!– but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter.
  • Rom 9:21-23 : 21 Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use? 22 But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction? 23 And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory–
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.
  • 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • Heb 3:2-6 : 2 who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s house. 3 For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself! 4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. 5 Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken. 6 But Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 We are coworkers belonging to God. 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 God’s Spirit lives in you? 17 If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.
  • 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 An Eternal Weight of Glory But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.
  • Eph 2:22 : 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
  • Dan 5:2 : 2 While under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar issued an order to bring in the gold and silver vessels– the ones that Nebuchadnezzar his father had confiscated from the temple in Jerusalem– so that the king and his nobles, together with his wives and his concubines, could drink from them.
  • Exod 27:3 : 3 You are to make its pots for the ashes, its shovels, its tossing bowls, its meat hooks, and its fire pans– you are to make all its utensils of bronze.
  • Ezra 1:6 : 6 All their neighbors assisted them with silver utensils, gold, equipment, animals, and expensive gifts, not to mention all the voluntary offerings.
  • Ezra 6:5 : 5 Furthermore let the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God, which Nebuchadnezzar brought from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, be returned and brought to their proper place in the temple in Jerusalem. Let them be deposited in the temple of God.’

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  • 2 Tim 2:21
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    21So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

  • Rom 9:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

    22But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?

    23And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory–

  • 2 Tim 2:19
    74%

    19However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal:“The Lord knows those who are his,” and“Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”

  • 1 Cor 3:12-14
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    72%

    12If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

    13each builder’s work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done.

    14If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward.

  • Prov 25:4
    70%

    4Remove the dross from the silver, and material for the silversmith will emerge;

  • 1 Cor 3:17
    69%

    17If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.

  • 2 Cor 4:7
    69%

    7An Eternal Weight of Glory But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

  • Prov 17:3
    69%

    3The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.

  • Jer 18:4
    69%

    4Now and then there would be something wrong with the pot he was molding from the clay with his hands. So he would rework the clay into another kind of pot as he saw fit.

  • 2 Tim 2:15
    68%

    15Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.

  • Titus 2:10
    68%

    10not pilfering, but showing all good faith, in order to bring credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

  • 1 Tim 6:1
    68%

    1Those who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters as deserving of full respect. This will prevent the name of God and Christian teaching from being discredited.

  • Prov 27:21
    68%

    21As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person must put his praise to the test.

  • Titus 2:7-8
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    7showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

    8and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.

  • Jas 2:2
    67%

    2For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes,

  • Titus 1:15
    67%

    15All is pure to those who are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

  • Heb 3:4
    67%

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

  • 1 Cor 3:9-10
    2 verses
    67%

    9We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.

    10According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds.

  • 1 Sam 2:30
    67%

    30Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the LORD says,‘May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!

  • 1 Thess 4:4
    67%

    4that each of you know how to possess his own body in holiness and honor,

  • Ezra 7:19
    67%

    19Deliver to the God of Jerusalem the vessels that are given to you for the service of the temple of your God.

  • Exod 25:39
    66%

    39About seventy-five pounds of pure gold is to be used for it and for all these utensils.

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

    23save others by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy on others, coupled with a fear of God, hating even the clothes stained by the flesh.

  • 2 Cor 2:17
    66%

    17For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.

  • Eph 2:21
    66%

    21In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

  • 2 Pet 3:11
    66%

    11Since all these things are to melt away in this manner, what sort of people must we be, conducting our lives in holiness and godliness,

  • 2 Kgs 12:13
    66%

    13The silver brought to the LORD’s temple was not used for silver bowls, trimming shears, basins, trumpets, or any kind of gold or silver implements.

  • 2 Cor 7:1
    66%

    1Self-Purification Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.

  • Job 3:15
    66%

    15or with princes who possessed gold, who filled their palaces with silver.

  • Rom 2:11
    66%

    11For there is no partiality with God.

  • Isa 40:19
    66%

    19A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.

  • 1 Cor 6:11
    66%

    11Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
    66%

    29so that no one can boast in his presence.

  • Rom 12:4
    66%

    4For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,

  • 2 Cor 6:8
    66%

    8through glory and dishonor, through slander and praise; regarded as impostors, and yet true;

  • 1 Cor 12:24
    66%

    24but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member,

  • Ezek 22:18
    66%

    18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the worthless slag of silver.

  • Lev 11:33
    65%

    33As for any clay vessel they fall into, everything in it will become unclean and you must break it.

  • 2 Cor 5:1
    65%

    1Living by Faith, Not by Sight For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

  • 1 Chr 22:15
    65%

    15You also have available many workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled

  • Titus 2:5
    65%

    5to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.

  • Ezra 8:27
    65%

    2720 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.

  • 1 Pet 2:4
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    4A Living Stone, a Chosen People So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,