2Tim 2:20 Cross References
2 Timothy 2:20
20: In a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some are made of wood and clay. The expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are for everyday use.
1 Peter 2:5
- And now God is building you, as living stones, into his spiritual temple. What's more, you are God's holy priests, who offer the spiritual sacrifices that please him because of Jesus Christ.
Romans 9:21
- When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn't he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?
- God has every right to exercise his judgment and his power, but he also has the right to be very patient with those who are the objects of his judgment and are fit only for destruction.
- He also has the right to pour out the riches of his glory upon those he prepared to be the objects of his mercy--
Ezra 6:5
- And the gold and silver utensils, which were taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar from the Temple of God in Jerusalem, will be taken back to Jerusalem and put into God's Temple as they were before."
Lamentations 4:2
- See how the precious children of Jerusalem, worth their weight in gold, are now treated like pots of clay.
1 Corinthians 3:9
- We work together as partners who belong to God. You are God's field, God's building--not ours.
1 Timothy 3:15
- so that if I can't come for a while, you will know how people must conduct themselves in the household of God. This is the church of the living God, which is the pillar and support of the truth.
Ezra 1:6
- And all their neighbors assisted by giving them vessels of silver and gold, supplies for the journey, and livestock. They gave them many choice gifts in addition to all the freewill offerings.
2 Corinthians 4:7
- But this precious treasure--this light and power that now shine within us--is held in perishable containers, that is, in our weak bodies. So everyone can see that our glorious power is from God and is not our own.
Daniel 5:2
- While Belshazzar was drinking, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups that his predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem, so that he and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.
Ephesians 2:22
- Through him you Gentiles are also joined together as part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.
1 Corinthians 3:16
- Don't you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?
- God will bring ruin upon anyone who ruins this temple. For God's temple is holy, and you Christians are that temple.
Exodus 27:3
- The ash buckets, shovels, basins, meat hooks, and firepans will all be made of bronze.
Hebrews 3:2
- For he was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as Moses served faithfully and was entrusted with God's entire house.
- But Jesus deserves far more glory than Moses, just as a person who builds a fine house deserves more praise than the house itself.
- For every house has a builder, but God is the one who made everything.
- Moses was certainly faithful in God's house, but only as a servant. His work was an illustration of the truths God would reveal later.
- But Christ, the faithful Son, was in charge of the entire household. And we are God's household, if we keep up our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.