Remove the dross from the silver, and material ¹  for the silversmith will emerge;

You counted the houses in Jerusalem, ¹  and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall. ² 

If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?

You are to make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and in the same way you are to make loops ¹  in the outer edge of the end curtain in the second set.

He made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in the first set; he did the same along the edge of the end curtain in the second set.

For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. ¹  For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things.

because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) ¹  is not from the Father, but is from the world.