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Acts 11:18

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they held: Leviticus 10:19-20; Joshua 22:30

and glorified: Acts 15:3, Acts 21:20; Isaiah 60:21, Isaiah 61:3; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Galatians 1:24

hath: Acts 11:1, Acts 13:47-48, Acts 14:27, Acts 22:21-22; Romans 3:29-30, Romans 9:30, Romans 10:12-13, Romans 15:9-16; Galatians 3:26-27; Ephesians 2:11-18, Ephesians 3:5-8

granted: Acts 3:19, Acts 3:26, Acts 5:31, Acts 20:21, Acts 26:17-20; Jeremiah 31:18-20; Ezekiel 36:26; Zechariah 12:10; Romans 10:12-13, Romans 15:9, Romans 15:16; 2 Corinthians 7:10; 2 Timothy 2:25-26; James 1:16-17

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