vessels

²¹If anyone, then, will have cleansed himself from these things, he shall be a vessel held in honor, sanctified and useful to the Lord, prepared for every good work.

²⁰But, in a large house, there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also those of wood and of clay; and certainly some are held in honor, but others in dishonor. ²¹If anyone, then, will have cleansed himself from these things, he shall be a vessel held in honor, sanctified and useful to the Lord, prepared for every good work.

⁷But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, so that what is sublime may be of the power of God, and not of us.

⁷Similarly, you husbands should live with them in accord with knowledge, bestowing honor on the female as the weaker vessel and as co-heirs of the life of grace, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

⁸And now, O Lord, you are our Father, yet truly, we are clay. And you are our Maker, and we are all the works of your hands.

¹⁵Then the Lord said to him: “Go, for this one is an instrument chosen by me to convey my name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel.

²¹And does not the potter have the authority over the clay to make, from the same material, indeed, one vessel unto honor, yet truly another unto disgrace? ²²What if God, wanting to reveal his wrath and to make his power known, endured, with much patience, vessels deserving wrath, fit to be destroyed, ²³so that he might reveal the wealth of his glory, within these vessels of mercy, which he has prepared unto glory?

¹⁹Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? ²⁰For you have been bought at a great price. Glorify and carry God in your body.

⁴that each one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,

¹Now a certain woman, from the wives of the prophets, cried out to Elisha, saying: “My husband, your servant, is dead. And you know that your servant was one who fears the Lord. And behold, a creditor has arrived, so that he may take away my two sons to serve him.” ²And Elisha said to her: “What do you want me to do for you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” And she responded, “I, your handmaid, do not have anything in my house, except a little oil, with which I may be anointed.” ³And he said to her: “Go, ask to borrow from all your neighbors empty vessels, more than a few. ⁴And enter and close your door. And when you are inside with your sons, pour from the oil into all those vessels. And when they are full, take them away.” ⁵And so, the woman went and closed the door upon herself and her sons. They were bringing her the vessels, and she was pouring into them. ⁶And when the vessels had been filled, she said to her son, “Bring me another a vessel.” And he responded, “I have none.” And there was oil remaining.

²⁷And he shall rule them with an iron rod, and they shall be broken like the earthenware of a potter.

³And he said to her: “Go, ask to borrow from all your neighbors empty vessels, more than a few. ⁴And enter and close your door. And when you are inside with your sons, pour from the oil into all those vessels. And when they are full, take them away.”

¹⁶Now no one, lighting a candle, covers it with a container, or sets it under a bed. Instead, he places it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

¹The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: ²“Rise up and descend into the house of the potter, and there you will hear my words.” ³And I descended into the house of the potter, and behold, he was making a work on the wheel. ⁴And the vessel, which he was making with his hands out of clay, broke. And turning away, he made another vessel, for it had been pleasing in his eyes to make it. ⁵Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ⁶“Am I not able to do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done, says the Lord? Behold, like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

⁴And the vessel, which he was making with his hands out of clay, broke. And turning away, he made another vessel, for it had been pleasing in his eyes to make it.

³For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from fornication, ⁴that each one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor, ⁵not in passions of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God,