20 Bible Verses about Building
Most Relevant Verses
The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in hand-made temples.
And I also tell you, [although] you are Peter [i.e., a stone], it is on this rock [i.e., the truth you have just confessed] that I will build my church and [not even] the gates of the unseen place of departed spirits will win out over it [i.e., all efforts to stamp out the church by killing Christians will fail].
For we know that if our earthly "house" [i.e., our physical body] which is like a tent, is torn down, we have [the promise of] a building from God, a never ending "house" in heaven that is not made by human hands.
Therefore, [continue to] encourage one another, and build each other up [spiritually], just as you are also doing.
You should come to Him, who is a living stone, rejected by people, but chosen as precious in God's sight. And you yourselves are also like living stones, being constructed into a spiritual house. For you are like holy priests who offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Jesus [then] said to the leading priests and elders of the Jewish people, "Did you not ever read in the Scriptures [Psa. 118:22-23], 'The building block rejected by the builders is the same one that was made the principal stone by which the entire building was aligned. This was planned by the Lord and is a marvelous thing to us'?
From Thematic Bible
Building » Figurative
For we know that if our earthly "house" [i.e., our physical body] which is like a tent, is torn down, we have [the promise of] a building from God, a never ending "house" in heaven that is not made by human hands.
Church and state » State superior to religion » Solomon » Building » Temple
Covetousness » Instances of » Some jews » Building » Houses
The tribe of Gad » Assists » Assisted » Building » Altars
Mortar » Cement » Slime » Building » Babel
Similitudes » The church compared to » Building
For we are all fellow-workers in God's service; you people are God's farm land; [you are] God's building.
Topics on Building
Adornment, Of Buildings
Luke 21:5Then, as someone [i.e., of His disciples. See Mark 13:1], spoke of how the Temple was decorated with beautiful stones and objects dedicated as gifts, Jesus said,
Building
1 Corinthians 3:10-15Using the unearned favor shown to me by God [Note: Paul here probably refers to his apostleship and its attending spiritual gifts], as an expert building contractor, I laid the foundation [i.e., in starting the Corinthian church], and someone else is building on it [i.e., Apollos. See verse 6].
Building Each Other Up
1 Thessalonians 5:11Therefore, [continue to] encourage one another, and build each other up [spiritually], just as you are also doing.
Building God's Dwelling
Acts 7:46who found favor in God's sight and asked for permission to build a [special] house for the God of Jacob's [descendants] to live in.
Building Houses
Hebrews 3:3For Jesus has been considered deserving of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself.
Building Relationships
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are all fellow-workers in God's service; you people are God's farm land; [you are] God's building.
Building Stones Rejected
Matthew 24:2He responded to them by saying, "Do you see all these structures? Truly I tell you, there will not be one stone left on another here that will not be thrown down."
Building Up The Church
Ephesians 4:12for the purpose of equipping the saints [i.e., God's holy people] for the work of serving [others], in order to build up the [spiritual] body of Christ [i.e., the church].
Foundations Of Buildings
Matthew 7:24-27"Every person therefore, who hears these words of mine and obeys them will be like the sensible person who built his house on a [foundation of] rock.
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