Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
Vessels
And some to honour
General references
Bible References
In a
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God's fellowlabourers: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
Ephesians 2:22
by whom also ye have been built up together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
1 Timothy 3:15
but should I be delayed, that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and the pedestal of truth.
Hebrews 3:2
who was faithful to him who appointed him, as Moses also was in all his house.
1 Peter 2:5
ye also, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, well pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
Vessels
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the transcendent excellence of the power might be of God, and not of us.
And some to honour
Romans 9:21
Hath not the potter power over the clay, from the same mass to make one vessel for an honourable use, and another for a dishonourable?
General references
Acts 5:1
NOW a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, had sold an estate,