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1 Timothy 5:4

1 Timothy 5:4

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nephews: Judges 12:14 *marg. Job 18:19; Isaiah 14:22

learn: 1 Samuel 22:3-4; Proverbs 31:28; Luke 2:51; John 19:26-27

piety: or, kindness, Matthew 15:4-6; Mark 7:11-13

to requite: Genesis 45:10-11, Genesis 47:12, Genesis 47:28; Ruth 2:2, Ruth 2:18; Ephesians 6:1-3

good: 1 Timothy 2:3

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