- Spiritual house
Spiritual house (is a conception which) describes the
Christian Church ontologically. The understanding of theChurch to be a sort of house comes from within its ranks from the Apostle Saint Peter in robust form in [http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=1+Peter+2%3A5 "THE FIRST LETTER OF PETER" Chapter 2 Verse 5:] ".. you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ (from the "English Standard Version "Bible translation).," and in a lesser form fromSaint Paul the Apostle in [http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=1+Cor+3 "THE FIRST LETTER OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS" Chapter 3 Verse 9:] "For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building, God's houseReferences
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title = "The HOLY BIBLE ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION"
publisher = CROSSWAY BIBLES: A DIVISION OF GOOD NEWS PUBLISHERS; WHEATON, IL. "Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved."
date =2001
url = http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/
accessdate = 2006-12-27
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