'Building' in the Bible
Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:
And while Peter was down in the open square of the building, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came;
And the men of the army took him away into the square in front of the building which is the Praetorium, and they got together all the band.
He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.
But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.
And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.
In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading, they were planting and building;
But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?
The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days!
But his words were about that holy building which was his body.
He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.
After these things I will come back, and will put up the tent of David which has been broken down, building up again its broken parts and making it complete:
And some said one thing and some another, among the people: and as he was not able to get a knowledge of the facts because of the noise, he gave orders for Paul to be taken into the army building.
And when Paul was about to be taken into the building, he said to the chief captain, May I say something to you? And he said, Have you a knowledge of Greek?
The chief captain gave orders for him to be taken into the army building, saying that he would put him to the test by whipping, so that he might have knowledge of the reason why they were crying out so violently against him.
And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.
But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul.
For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.
In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.
For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.
For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.
For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:
For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.
In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;
For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:
Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.
So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.
For this reason let us go on from the first things about Christ to full growth; not building again that on which it is based, that is, the turning of the heart from dead works, and faith in God,
And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;
But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,
And the building of its wall was of jasper, and the town was clear gold, clear as glass.
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