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 fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

in whom you also are built up together into a dwelling place of God in [the] Spirit.

But if I am delayed, [I am writing] in order that you may know how one must conduct oneself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.

who was faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses also [was] in his household.

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

Vessels

And you will make its pots for removing its fat-soaked ashes and its shovels and its sprinkling bowls and its forks and its fire pans; you will make all its equipment [with] bronze.

And all of their neighbors {helped them} with objects of silver, gold, possessions, domestic animal , and with valuable gifts--besides all of [the] freewill offering.

Also, let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylonia, be returned and brought to the temple in Jerusalem to its place. Put them in the house of God."

The precious sons of Zion weighed against fine gold, how they are thought of as earthen vessels of clay, the work of the potter's hands.

{When he tasted the wine}, Belshazzar commanded [that they] bring [the] vessels of gold and silver that Nebuchadnezzar his {predecessor} had taken from the temple that [was] in Jerusalem, so that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines may drink from them.

But we have this treasure in earthenware jars, in order that the extraordinary degree of the power may be from God and not from us.

And some to honour

Or does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump a vessel that [is] for {honorable use} and [one] that [is] for {ordinary use}?

General references

Remove the dross from silver, and it will become a vessel for the smith.

Now a certain man {named} Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,