Crispus: 1 Corinthians 1:14
the chief: Acts 18:17, Acts 13:15; Mark 5:35
believed: Acts 10:2, Acts 16:14-15, Acts 16:34; Genesis 17:27, Genesis 18:19; Joshua 24:15
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Acts 18:8
Acts 18:8
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