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Acts 14:23

Acts 14:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

they had: Acts 1:22; Mark 3:14; 1 Timothy 5:22; 2 Timothy 2:2; Titus 1:5

elders: Acts 11:30, Acts 15:4, Acts 15:6, Acts 15:23, Acts 20:17; 1 Timothy 5:1, 1 Timothy 5:17-19; James 5:14; 1 Peter 5:1; 2 John 1:1; 3 John 1:1

and had: Acts 13:1-3

they commended: Acts 14:26, Acts 20:32; Luke 23:46; 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17; 2 Timothy 1:12; 1 Peter 5:10

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