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1 Timothy 6:2

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believing: Colossians 4:1; Philemon 1:10-16

let: Genesis 16:4-5; Numbers 16:3; Matthew 6:24; 2 Peter 2:10; Jude 1:8

because they are brethren: 1 Timothy 5:1; Matthew 23:8, Matthew 25:40; Romans 8:29; Galatians 3:26-29; Colossians 3:11

because they are: Galatians 5:6; Ephesians 1:1, Ephesians 1:15; Colossians 1:2, Colossians 1:4, Colossians 3:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; Philemon 1:5-7

faithful: or, believing

partakers: Joel 2:28; Romans 11:17; Ephesians 3:6; Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 3:14; 1 Peter 5:1

These: 1 Timothy 4:11; Titus 2:1, Titus 2:15, Titus 3:8

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