1 Timothy 3:13

have. Omit.

purchase. Greek. peripoieoleai. See Acts 20:28.

degree. Greek. bathmos. Only here.

boldness. Greek. parrhesia. Trnnsl. "freely", in Acts 2:29.

Christ Jesus. App-98.

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1 Timothy 3:13