2 Timothy 2:20

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.

In a

1 Peter 2:5

Vessels

And some to honour

Romans 9:21

General references

Proverbs 25:4

Acts 5:1

Bible References

In a

For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.

You also are being built together for God’s dwelling in the Spirit.

But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to act in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was in all God’s household.

you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Vessels

Make its pots for removing ashes, and its shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; make all its utensils of bronze.

All their neighbors supported them

with silver articles, gold, goods, livestock, and valuables, in addition to all that was given as a freewill offering.

The gold and silver articles of God’s house that Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon must also be returned. They are to be brought to the temple in Jerusalem where they belong and put into the house of God.

ב BetZion’s precious people—
once worth their weight in pure gold—
how they are regarded as clay jars,
the work of a potter’s hands!

Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that his predecessor Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, wives, and concubines could drink from them.

Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.

And some to honour

Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor?

General references

Remove impurities from silver,
and a vessel will be produced for a silversmith.

But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property.