a servant: 1 Chronicles 6:49; Romans 1:1; Philippians 1:1
the acknowledging: Colossians 2:2; 2 Timothy 2:23, 2 Timothy 2:25; 1 John 2:23
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Titus 1:1
Titus 1:1
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