Topic
Spiritual House
7 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Matthew 21:13ISBE
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- John 14:2ISBE
In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19ISBE
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
- Ephesians 2:19ISBE
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
- Ephesians 2:22ISBE
In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
- Hebrews 3:2ISBE
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
- 1 Peter 2:5ISBE
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 7 references
(oikos pneumatikos, "house spiritual"): A body of Christians (a church), as pervaded by the Spirit and power of God (1Pe 2:5); a term applicable to God's house: "house of prayer," the temple (Mt 21:13); to heaven: "my Father's house" (Joh 14:2); to the tabernacle: "Moses .... faithful in all his house" (Heb 3:2); to saints: as "the household of God" (Eph 2:19), and "the temple of the Holy Spirit" (1Co 6:19); hence, any "habitation of God in the spirit" (Eph 2:22) in which His glory dwells and His power and grace are manifest.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.