And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up {any} iron {tool} upon them.

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. {are: or, be ye}

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. {build...: Heb. build them with hewing}

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, {and} hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing {is} God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, {and} easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. {partiality: or, wrangling}

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, {and} hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

And David commanded to gather together the strangers that {were} in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. {So} the house of the LORD was perfected.