I call: Psalms 77:6
unfeigned: Psalms 17:1, Psalms 18:44, Psalms 66:3, Psalms 81:15 *marg. Jeremiah 3:10; John 1:47; 2 Corinthians 6:6; 1 Timothy 1:5, 1 Timothy 4:6; 1 Peter 1:22
thy mother: Psalms 22:10, Psalms 86:16, Psalms 116:16; Acts 16:1
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2 Timothy 1:5
2 Timothy 1:5
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