'Honourable' in the Bible
Or has not the potter rightful power over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for more honourable and another for less honourable uses?
These men pay court to you, but not with honourable motives. They want to exclude you, so that you may pay court to them.
It is always an honourable thing to be courted in an honourable cause; always, and not only when I am with you, my children--
It so increases that we ourselves make honourable mention of you among the Churches of God because of your patience and faith amid all your persecutions and amid the afflictions which you are enduring.
For those who have filled the deacon's office wisely and well, are already gaining for themselves an honourable standing, and are acquiring great freedom of speech in proclaiming the faith which rests on Christ Jesus.
Exert all your strength in the honourable struggle for the faith; lay hold of the Life of the Ages, to which you were called, when you made your noble profession of faith before many witnesses.
Now in a great house there are not only articles of gold and silver, but also others of wood and of earthenware; and some are for specially honourable, and others for common use.
If therefore a man keeps himself clear of these latter, he himself will be for specially honourable use, consecrated, fit for the Master's service, and fully equipped for every good work.
And no one takes this honourable office upon himself, but only accepts it when called to it by God, as Aaron was.
Live honourable lives among the Gentiles, in order that, although they now speak against you as evil-doers, they may yet witness your good conduct, and may glorify God on the day of reward and retribution.
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