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1 Timothy 2:2

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kings: Ezra 6:10; Nehemiah 1:11; Psalms 20:1-4, Psalms 72:1; Jeremiah 29:7

authority: or, eminent place

that: Genesis 49:14-15; 2 Samuel 20:19; Proverbs 24:21; Ecclesiastes 3:12-13, Ecclesiastes 8:2-5; Romans 12:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; Hebrews 12:14

all godliness: Luke 1:6, Luke 2:25; Acts 10:22, Acts 24:16; Philippians 4:8; Titus 2:10-14; 1 Peter 2:9-13; 2 Peter 1:3-7

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