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2 Timothy 2:20

A stately home doesn't just have cups and bowls made of gold and silver. It also has ones made from wood and clay. Some are made for special use; others for more commonplace functions.

Free Bible Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19But God's solid, trustworthy foundation stone stands firm, with this inscription, “The Lord knows those who belong to him,” and “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord should stay away from all that is evil.”

21So if you get rid of what is evil, you will become a cup or bowl that is holy and special, useful to the Lord, ready to do all that's good.

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Cross References

Ezra 1:6All their neighbors supported them with gifts of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with other valuable items, in addition to all their voluntary donations.

Lamentations 4:2Look at how the precious people of Zion, worth their weight in gold, are now valued like cheap clay jars made by a potter!

Romans 9:21Doesn't a potter have the right to use the same batch of clay to make both a decorative bowl and an everyday pot?

1 Corinthians 3:16Don't you know you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

Ephesians 2:22You too are being built together in him as a place for God to live by the Spirit.

Hebrews 3:2He was faithful to God in the work he was chosen to do, just like Moses was faithful to God in God's 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 →

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