◄ We are His workmanship. ►

The king commanded them to quarry large stones, costly stones, and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the temple. § The temple, when it was being built, was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house. § Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. § Who once were not a people but are now the people of God.

You are God’s building. § Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. § Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

Eph. 2:10;  1 Kings 5:17;  1 Kings 6:7;  1 Peter 2:5;  Eph. 2:20;  Eph. 2:21  Eph. 2:22;  1 Pet. 2:10;  1 Cor. 3:9;  2 Cor. 5:17;  2 Cor. 5:5