. ii. 4-8" id="iv.ix.xiii-p57.2" parsed="|1Cor|3|10|0|0;|Eph|2|20|2|21;|1Pet|2|4|2|8" osisRef="Bible:1Cor.3.10 Bible:Eph.2.20-Eph.2.21 Bible:1Pet.2.4-1Pet.2.8">1 Cor. iii. 10; Eph. ii. 20, 21; 1 Pet. ii. 4–8, and many similar passages.
who builds the church, God’s temple, and the holy city, and the house of the Lord. For thenceforth God’s grace desisted (from working) among them. And “the clouds were commanded not to rain a shower upon the vineyard of Sorek,”1434
Of this work the Creator also by the same prophet says, “Behold, I lay in Sion for a foundation a precious stone and honourable; and he that resteth thereon shall not be confounded.”5458