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Acts 8:37

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If: Acts 8:12-13, Acts 8:21, Acts 2:38-39; Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Romans 10:10

I believe: Acts 9:20; Matthew 16:16; John 6:68-69, John 9:35-38, John 11:27, John 20:31; 1 Corinthians 12:3; 1 John 4:15, 1 John 5:1, 1 John 5:5, 1 John 5:10-13

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