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Romans 13:12

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

night: Song of Solomon 2:17; 1 John 2:8

cast: Isaiah 2:20, Isaiah 30:22; Ezekiel 18:31-32; Ephesians 4:22; Colossians 3:8-9; James 1:21; 1 Peter 2:1

works: Job 24:14-17; John 3:19-21; Ephesians 5:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:5-7; 1 John 1:5-7, 1 John 2:8-9

put: Romans 13:14; 2 Corinthians 6:7; Ephesians 6:11-18; Colossians 3:10-17; 1 Thessalonians 5:8

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