In stripes,.... As the Apostle Paul particularly was, who was thrice beaten with rods, and five times scourged by the Jews with the scourge of forty stripes save one.
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2 Corinthians 6:5
2 Corinthians 6:5
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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