2 Timothy 2:20

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2 Timothy 2:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some.

19 Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”

20 A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.

21 So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work.

22 Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

1 Corinthians 3:16

Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

1 Corinthians 3:17

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

Ephesians 2:22

And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

1 Timothy 3:15

in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Hebrews 3:2

He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.

Hebrews 3:3

For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.

Hebrews 3:4

And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

Hebrews 3:5

Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.

1 Peter 2:5

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.

Exodus 27:3

Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.

Ezra 1:6

And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.

Ezra 6:5

Furthermore, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, must also be returned to the temple in Jerusalem and deposited in the house of God.

Lamentations 4:2

How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

Daniel 5:2

Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

2 Corinthians 4:7

Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.

Romans 9:21

Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

Romans 9:22

What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

Romans 9:23

What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—