the younger: 1 Timothy 5:9, 1 Timothy 5:14
to wax: Deuteronomy 32:15; Isaiah 3:16; Hosea 13:6; James 5:5; 2 Peter 2:18
they will: 1 Timothy 5:14, 1 Timothy 4:3; 1 Corinthians 7:39-40
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1 Timothy 5:11
1 Timothy 5:11
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