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1 Timothy 4:3
1 Timothy 4:3
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But for now, A.V.; saith for speaketh, A.V.; later for the latter, A.V.; fall away for depart, A.V. The Spirit saith expressly ( ῥητῶς); only here in the New Testament, and very rare in…1 Timothy 4:1-161 Timothy 4:1-16 · The Pulpit Commentary4. It entered patristic theology in the form of an exaggerated admiration for virginity, to the disparagement of married life.
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