living stones
Americannoun
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The faithful are the living stones of the edifice.
From The Faith of Our Fathers by Gibbons, James
This is the modern church, no longer built with living stones, that is, by Christians established in a living faith, and so formed of love.
From Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform by Fulton, Robert I.
Faith builds us into the rock; but He is a living Stone, and we are living stones, and the life of the foundation rises up through all the courses of the great temple.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander
Ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ....
From The Harp of God by Rutherford, J. F. (Joseph Franklin)
"To whom coming, as unto a living Stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, ye also, as living stones, are built up."
From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by Mackintosh, C. (Charles) H. (Henry)
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