2 Timothy 2:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to honour, and some to dishonour:

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  • Lam 4:2 : 2 The precious sons of Zion, Who are comparable with fine gold, How have they been reckoned earthen bottles, Work of the hands of a potter.
  • Rom 9:21-23 : 21 hath not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make the one vessel to honour, and the one to dishonour? 22 And if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, 23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call -- us --
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth `thee' to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God -- a pillar and foundation of the truth,
  • 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • Heb 3:2-6 : 2 being stedfast to Him who did appoint him, as also Moses in all his house, 3 for of more glory than Moses hath this one been counted worthy, inasmuch as more honour than the house hath he who doth build it, 4 for every house is builded by some one, and He who the all things did build `is' God, 5 and Moses indeed `was' stedfast in all his house, as an attendant, for a testimony of those things that were to be spoken, 6 and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.
  • 1 Cor 3:16-17 : 16 have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you? 17 if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.
  • 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;
  • Eph 2:22 : 22 in whom also ye are builded together, for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
  • Dan 5:2 : 2 Belshazzar hath said -- while tasting the wine -- to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple that `is' in Jerusalem, that drink with them may the king, and his great men, his wives, and his concubines.
  • Exod 27:3 : 3 And thou hast made its pots to remove its ashes, and its shovels, and its bowls, and its forks, and its fire-pans, even all its vessels thou dost make of brass.
  • Ezra 1:6 : 6 and all those round about them have strengthened `them' with their hands, with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, apart from all that hath been offered willingly.
  • Ezra 6:5 : 5 `And also, the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple that `is' in Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, let be given back, and go to the temple that `is' in Jerusalem, `each' to its place, and put `them' down in the house of God.

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    21if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified and profitable to the master -- to every good work having been prepared,

  • Rom 9:21-23
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    21hath not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make the one vessel to honour, and the one to dishonour?

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    23and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call -- us --

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    19sure, nevertheless, hath the foundation of God stood, having this seal, `The Lord hath known those who are His,' and `Let him depart from unrighteousness -- every one who is naming the name of Christ.'

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    12and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw --

    13of each the work shall become manifest, for the day shall declare `it', because in fire it is revealed, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire shall prove;

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    4Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth,

  • 1 Cor 3:17
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    17if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

  • 2 Cor 4:7
    69%

    7And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;

  • Prov 17:3
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    3A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts `is' Jehovah.

  • Jer 18:4
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    4and marred is the vessel that he is making, as clay in the hand of the potter, and he hath turned and he maketh it another vessel, as it was right in the eyes of the potter to make.

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    15be diligent to present thyself approved to God -- a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

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    10not purloining, but showing all good stedfastness, that the teaching of God our Saviour they may adorn in all things.

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    1As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of;

  • Prov 27:21
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    21A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

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    15all things, indeed, `are' pure to the pure, and to the defiled and unstedfast `is' nothing pure, but of them defiled `are' even the mind and the conscience;

  • Heb 3:4
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    4for every house is builded by some one, and He who the all things did build `is' God,

  • 1 Cor 3:9-10
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    9for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.

    10According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on `it',

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    19`And the vessels that are given to thee, for the service of the house of thy God, make perfect before the God of Jerusalem;

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  • Jude 1:22-23
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    22and to some be kind, judging thoroughly,

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    21in whom all the building fitly framed together doth increase to an holy sanctuary in the Lord,

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