I left, 1 Timothy 1:3
Crete: Acts 2:11, Acts 27:7, Acts 27:12, Acts 27:21
set: 1 Chronicles 6:32; Ecclesiastes 12:9; Isaiah 44:7; 1 Corinthians 11:34, 1 Corinthians 14:40; Colossians 2:5
wanting: or, left undone
and: Acts 14:23; 2 Timothy 2:2
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Titus 1:5
Titus 1:5
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