2 Timothy 2:20
But in a great house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also wooden and earthen; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
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Ezra 1:6And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with articles of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.
Lamentations 4:2The sons of Zion, so precious, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Romans 9:21Or has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?
1 Corinthians 3:16Do ye not know that ye are [the] temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Ephesians 2:22in whom *ye* also are built together for a habitation of God in [the] Spirit.
Hebrews 3:2who is faithful to him that has constituted him, as Moses also in all his house.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 2:20-22
Cautions against Error. ( a. d. 66.) 19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 20 But 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. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good… Read the whole commentary →