the elders: Acts 20:28, Acts 11:30, Acts 14:23, Acts 15:4, Acts 15:6, Acts 15:23, Acts 16:4; 1 Timothy 5:17; Titus 1:5; James 5:14; 1 Peter 5:1; 2 John 1:1; 3 John 1:1
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Acts 20:17
Acts 20:17
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