In the biblical account, skilled craftsmen, including masons, played a significant role in constructing and repairing sacred buildings, such as the Temple in Jerusalem. The book of 2 Kings mentions masons being employed in the repair of the Temple during the reign of King Jehoash. The Old Testament also records King David hiring masons and stonecutters to prepare materials for the Temple, as noted in 1 Chronicles. However, the New Testament uses the metaphor of building and construction to convey spiritual truths, with Jesus declaring Himself the ultimate foundation and guide, as seen in John 14:6 and John 8:12, warning against false foundations, a theme also echoed in 2 Corinthians 11:14.
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masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black. Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!