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1 Peter 2:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

free: John 8:32-36; Romans 6:18, Romans 6:22; 1 Corinthians 7:22; Galatians 5:1, Galatians 5:13; James 1:25, James 2:12; 2 Peter 2:19

and: Jude 1:4

using: Gr. having

a cloak: Matthew 23:14; John 15:22; 1 Thessalonians 2:5

but: Ephesians 6:6; Colossians 3:24

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