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Colossians 2:18

Colossians 2:18

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

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beguile you: or, judge against you,

in a voluntary humility: Gr. being a voluntary in humility, ;

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