οἰκοδομέω

“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’ ”

Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

But he who hears, and doesn’t do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”

for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us.”

Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

saying, ‘This man began to build, and wasn’t able to finish.’

Likewise, even as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

But he looked at them and said, “Then what is this that is written, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the chief cornerstone?’

The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?”

But Solomon built him a house.

‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord. ‘Or what is the place of my rest?

So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol’s temple, won’t his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.

He who speaks in another language edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the assembly.

He who speaks in another language edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the assembly.

For you most certainly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.

For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,”