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1 Corinthians 13:3

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though I bestow: Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 23:5; Luke 18:22, Luke 18:28, Luke 19:8, Luke 21:3-4; John 12:43; Galatians 5:26; Philippians 1:15-18

though I give: Daniel 3:16-28; Matthew 7:22-23; John 13:37, John 15:13; Acts 21:13; Philippians 1:20-21, Philippians 2:3

profiteth: Isaiah 57:12; Jeremiah 7:8; John 6:63; 1 Timothy 4:8; Hebrews 13:9; James 2:14-17

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