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1 Peter 5:12

1 Peter 5:12

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

Silvanus: 2 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1

a faithful: Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 1:7, Colossians 4:7, Colossians 4:9

I have: Ephesians 3:3; Hebrews 13:22

exhorting: Hebrews 13:22; Jude 1:3

testifying: John 21:21; Acts 20:24; 1 John 5:9-10; 3 John 1:12

true: Acts 20:24; 1 Corinthians 15:1; Galatians 1:8-9; 2 Peter 2:15

wherein: Romans 5:2; 2 Corinthians 1:24; 2 Peter 1:12

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