2 Timothy 2:20

Now in a large house there are not only things of gold and silver, but also others of wood and earthenware, some for better and some for common use.

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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

19Yet God’s firm foundation still stands unmoved, and it bears this inscription – ‘THE LORD KNOWS THOSE WHO ARE HIS’; and this – ‘LET ALL THOSE WHO USE THE NAME OF THE LORD TURN AWAY FROM WICKEDNESS.’

21If, then, a person has escaped from the pollution of such errors as I have mentioned, they will be like a thing kept for better use, set apart, serviceable to its owner, ready for any good purpose.

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Cross References

Romans 9:21Has not the potter absolute power over their clay, so that out of the same lump they make one thing for better, and another for common, use?

1 Corinthians 3:16Don’t you know that you are God’s Temple, and that God’s Spirit has his home in you?

Ephesians 2:22And, through union in him, you also are being built up together, to be a place where God lives through the Spirit.

Hebrews 3:2See how faithful he was to the God who appointed him, as Moses was in the whole house of God.

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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