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2 Timothy 2 20-2 Timothy 2 21
In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use.Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work. (niv)
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Daniel 6:1-3
It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss.Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. (niv)
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John 20:21-23
Again Jesus said,“ Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”And with that he breathed on them and said,“ Receive the Holy Spirit.If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” (niv)
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Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said,“ All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. (niv)
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John 5:22-27
Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.“ Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. (niv)
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Genesis 41:44-45
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph,“ I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt.”Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt. (niv)
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Genesis 47:11-25
So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed.Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine.Joseph collected all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan in payment for the grain they were buying, and he brought it to Pharaoh’s palace.When the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came to Joseph and said,“ Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? Our money is all gone.”“ Then bring your livestock,” said Joseph.“ I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock, since your money is gone.”So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their sheep and goats, their cattle and donkeys. And he brought them through that year with food in exchange for all their livestock.When that year was over, they came to him the following year and said,“ We cannot hide from our lord the fact that since our money is gone and our livestock belongs to you, there is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.Why should we perish before your eyes— we and our land as well? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we with our land will be in bondage to Pharaoh. Give us seed so that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields, because the famine was too severe for them. The land became Pharaoh’s,and Joseph reduced the people to servitude, from one end of Egypt to the other.However, he did not buy the land of the priests, because they received a regular allotment from Pharaoh and had food enough from the allotment Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land.Joseph said to the people,“ Now that I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you so you can plant the ground.But when the crop comes in, give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as food for yourselves and your households and your children.”“ You have saved our lives,” they said.“ May we find favor in the eyes of our lord; we will be in bondage to Pharaoh.” (niv)
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Romans 9:22-23
What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath— prepared for destruction?What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory— (niv)
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Ezekiel 15:3
Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to hang things on? (niv)