2 Timothy 2:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

In a large house some dishes are made of gold or silver, while others are made of wood or clay. Some of these are special, and others are not.

Cross References

Ezra 1:6

The others helped by giving silver articles, gold, personal possessions, cattle, and other valuable gifts, as well as offerings for the temple.

Ezra 6:5

Then return to their proper places the gold and silver things that Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple and brought to Babylonia.

Exodus 27:3

All the equipment for the altar must also be made of bronze—the pans for the hot ashes, the shovels, the sprinkling bowls, the meat forks, and the fire pans.

Lamentations 4:2

These are Zion's people, worth more than purest gold; yet they are counted worthless like dishes of clay.

Daniel 5:2

He got drunk and ordered his servants to bring in the gold and silver cups his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem. Belshazzar wanted the cups, so that he and all his wives and officials could drink from them.

John 8:49

Jesus answered, “I don't have a demon in me. I honour my Father, and you refuse to honour me.

Romans 9:20

But, my friend, I ask, “Who do you think you are to question God? Does the clay have the right to ask the potter why he shaped it the way he did?

1 Corinthians 3:9

Apollos and I work together for God, and you are God's garden and God's building.

2 Corinthians 4:7

We are like clay jars in which this treasure is stored. The real power comes from God and not from us.

Ephesians 2:22

And you are part of that building Christ has built as a place for God's own Spirit to live.

1 Timothy 3:15

so that if I am delayed, you will know how everyone who belongs to God's family ought to behave. After all, the church of the living God is the strong foundation of truth.

1 Peter 2:5

And now you are living stones that are being used to build a spiritual house. You are also a group of holy priests, and with the help of Jesus Christ you will offer sacrifices that please God.