2 Timothy 2:20

In any great house there are indeed vessels not only of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for noble, some for menial service.

Romans 9:21-23

What! has the potter no right over the clay? Has he no right to make out of the same lump one vessel for a noble purpose and another for a menial?

1 Timothy 3:15

in case I am detained, to let you see how people ought to behave within the household of God; it is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the Truth.

1 Corinthians 3:9

We work together in God's service; you are God's field to be planted, God's house to be built.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Do you not know you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells within you?

2 Corinthians 4:7

But I possess this treasure in a frail vessel of earth, to show that the transcending power belongs to God, not to myself;

Ephesians 2:22

and in him you are yourselves built into this to form a habitation for God in the Spirit.

Hebrews 3:2-6

he is faithful to Him who appointed him. For while Moses also was faithful in every department of God's house,

1 Peter 2:5

come and, like living stones yourselves, be built into a spiritual house, to form a consecrated priesthood for the offering of those spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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Summary

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.

And some to honour

General references

Bible References

In a

1 Corinthians 3:9
We work together in God's service; you are God's field to be planted, God's house to be built.
Ephesians 2:22
and in him you are yourselves built into this to form a habitation for God in the Spirit.
1 Timothy 3:15
in case I am detained, to let you see how people ought to behave within the household of God; it is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the Truth.
Hebrews 3:2
he is faithful to Him who appointed him. For while Moses also was faithful in every department of God's house,
1 Peter 2:5
come and, like living stones yourselves, be built into a spiritual house, to form a consecrated priesthood for the offering of those spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Vessels

2 Corinthians 4:7
But I possess this treasure in a frail vessel of earth, to show that the transcending power belongs to God, not to myself;

And some to honour

Romans 9:21
What! has the potter no right over the clay? Has he no right to make out of the same lump one vessel for a noble purpose and another for a menial?

General references

Acts 5:1
But a man called Ananias, who with his wife Sapphira had sold some property,