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1 Timothy 5:17

1 Timothy 5:17

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the elders: 1 Timothy 5:1

rule: 1 Timothy 3:5; Matthew 24:25; Luke 12:42; Romans 12:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13; Hebrews 13:7, Hebrews 13:17, Hebrews 13:24

be: 1 Timothy 5:3; Acts 28:10; Romans 15:27; 1 Corinthians 9:5-14; Galatians 6:6; Philippians 2:29

double: 2 Kings 2:9; Isaiah 40:2; Jeremiah 16:18, Jeremiah 17:18; Zechariah 9:12

labour: 1 Timothy 4:10; Matthew 9:37-38; Luke 10:1-2, Luke 10:7; John 4:38; Acts 20:35; Romans 16:12; 1 Corinthians 3:9, 1 Corinthians 15:10, 1 Corinthians 16:16; 2 Corinthians 6:1; Philippians 2:16, Philippians 4:3; 2 Timothy 2:6

word: 1 Timothy 4:6, 1 Timothy 4:16; 2 Timothy 4:2

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