Building: Figurative
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3624. oikos -- a house, a dwelling
... a house, household Definition: (a) a house, the material building, (b) a ... affinity;
a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication ...
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The Knowledge Both of Language and Things is Helpful for the ...
... are used in the sacred writings, to convey instruction under a figurative guise,
and ... And the number of years the temple was in building, which is mentioned in ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 16 the knowledge both of.htm

The Figurative Language of Scripture.
... For the ascertaining of figurative language, a few simple rules will be, in ... the apostle
calls Jesus Christ a "foundation," and speaks of building upon this ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxxv the figurative language.htm

Meditation ii. The Supper-Room.
... Previous to the building of the Temple, the Ark of the Covenant had been ... this house
in honour, and performed within its walls some figurative and symbolical ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/meditation ii the supper-room.htm

Living Stones on the Living Foundation Stone
... The context explains the figurative expression, in the very next verse or two ... The
building which is reared upon the Foundation is cemented to the Foundation by ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/living stones on the living.htm

Whether Sufficient Reason Can be Assigned for the Ceremonies ...
... The figurative reason may be assigned to the fact that they signify a twofold state. ...
For this reason it is said that in the building of the temple no sound was ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether sufficient reason can be.htm

Li. Dining with a Pharisee, Jesus Denounces that Sect.
... prophets to the building of their sepulchres as one act in which all concurred,
and all of which were guilty. Abbott gives the words a figurative meaning, thus ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/li dining with a pharisee.htm

Of the Church
... to be saints,") it cannot be supposed that they had any one building capable of ... Some,
indeed, have been inclined to interpret this in a figurative sense; as if ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 74 of the church.htm

Of the Ark and the Deluge, and that we Cannot Agree with those who ...
... been built, and they should remember that the ark was an hundred years in building. ...
or that at all events they are far from having any figurative reference to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 27 of the ark and.htm

The Extent of Messiah's Spiritual Kingdom
... His Kingdom, founded upon the Rock of Ages, is building, advancing, and the gates ...
Yet it must be allowed, that the highly figurative language in which many of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 2/sermon xxxvii the extent of.htm

Acts IV
... corner of the foundation, while persistently rejecting the real corner-stone, without
which the building can be reared. And, leaving the figurative language of ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts iv.htm

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2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
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