Isaiah 58:12
58:12 Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt;
you will reestablish the ancient foundations.
You will be called, ‘The one who repairs broken walls,
the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.’
Isaiah 60:17
60:17 Instead of bronze, I will bring you gold,
instead of iron, I will bring you silver,
instead of wood, I will bring you bronze,
instead of stones, I will bring you iron.
I will make prosperity your overseer,
and vindication your sovereign ruler.
Isaiah 61:4
61:4 They will rebuild the perpetual ruins
and restore the places that were desolate;
they will reestablish the ruined cities,
the places that have been desolate since ancient times.
Zechariah 6:12-15
6:12 Then say to him, ‘The
Lord who rules over all says, “Look – here is the man whose name is Branch,
who will sprout up from his place and build the temple of the
Lord.
6:13 Indeed, he will build the temple of the
Lord, and he will be clothed in splendor, sitting as king on his throne. Moreover, there will be a priest
with him on his throne and they will see eye to eye on everything.
6:14 The crown will then be turned over to Helem,
Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen
son of Zephaniah as a memorial in the temple of the
Lord.
6:15 Then those who are far away
will come and build the temple of the
Lord so that you may know that the
Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. This will all come to pass if you completely obey the voice of the
Lord your God.”’”
Matthew 16:18
16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades
will not overpower it.
Acts 15:16
15:16 ‘After this I will return,
and I will rebuild the fallen tent of David;
I will rebuild its ruins and restore it,
Acts 15:1
The Jerusalem Council
15:1 Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
Colossians 3:10-12
3:10 and have been clothed with the new man
that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.
3:11 Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave
or free, but Christ is all and in all.
Exhortation to Unity and Love
3:12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
Ephesians 2:20-22
2:20 because you have been built
on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
with Christ Jesus himself as
the cornerstone.
2:21 In him
the whole building,
being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
2:22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.