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Acts 6:1

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when: Acts 6:7, Acts 2:41, Acts 2:47, Acts 4:4, Acts 5:14, Acts 5:28; Psalms 72:16, Psalms 110:3; Isaiah 27:6; Jeremiah 30:19

there: 1 Corinthians 10:10; Hebrews 13:1; James 4:5, James 5:9

Grecians: Acts 9:29, Acts 11:20

Hebrews: 2 Corinthians 11:22; Philippians 3:5

their: Acts 9:39, Acts 9:41; Deuteronomy 24:19-21, Deuteronomy 26:12; Job 29:13, Job 31:16; Isaiah 1:17; Ezekiel 22:7; Malachi 3:5; Matthew 23:14; 1 Timothy 5:4-5, 1 Timothy 5:9; James 1:27

the daily: Acts 2:45, Acts 4:35

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