But, for fear I may be hindered, I now write, so that you may have rules to guide you in dealing with God's household. For this is what the Church of the ever-living God is, and it is the pillar and foundation-stone of the truth.

And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (Christ).

The angel who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall.

The foundation stones of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

And whether one uses gold or silver or costly stone in building on the foundation, or wood or hay or straw,