Wherefore: 1 Thessalonians 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:14; Isaiah 40:1-2; Luke 21:28; Hebrews 12:12
comfort: or, exhort, Hebrews 10:24-25
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1 Thessalonians 4:18
1 Thessalonians 4:18
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