Believe: Acts 2:38-39, Acts 4:12, Acts 8:37, Acts 11:13-14, Acts 13:38-39, Acts 15:11; Isaiah 45:22; Habakkuk 2:4; Mark 16:16; John 1:12, John 3:15-16, John 3:36, John 6:40, John 6:47, John 7:37-38, John 11:25-26, John 20:31; Romans 5:1-2, Romans 10:9-10; Galatians 3:22, Galatians 3:26; Ephesians 2:7-8; 1 John 5:10-13
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Acts 16:31
Acts 16:31
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