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2._o tim._n 2_o 25_o gal._n 1._o 8_o â—_o ihon._n 10_o exod._n 19_o 5._o 6._o rom._n 9_o john_n 8._o rom._n 4._o rom._n 2._o 25._o genes_n 17._o deut._n 29._o 19_o psal._n â—0_n 16._o esay_n 1._o and_o 66._o genes_n 9_o deut._n 22._o 22_o jer._n 9_o 13._o 14._o 15._o jer._n 7._o 4._o jer._n 28._o 8._o 9_o rom._n 11._o prou._n 9_o 2_o crâ—â—_n 30_o 〈◊〉_d 5_o hebr._n 1._o psal._n 2._o 1._o cor._n 6._o 15_o eph._n 1._o 21_o eph._n 4._o rom._n 12._o hebr._n 12._o 28_o deut._n 18._o eph._n 2._o 20_o esa._n 57_o 21_o 1_o cor._n 10._o 20_o reu._n 14._o 9_o 10._o reve._n 21._o 8_o reu._n 22._o 15_o rom._n 8._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 14_o reu._n 13._o reu._n 14_o 2_o thes._n 2._o 7._o revel_v 9_o 1._o reu._n 12._o 10._o 11._o 12._o revel_v 12._o 4._o revel_v 18._o 7._o rom._n 13._o revel_v 13._o 2._o 1_o cor._n 5._o revel_v 4._o 10_o psal._n 149._o 〈◊〉_d 9_o 31_o esa._n 57_o 21_o deut._n 29._o 19_o 20._o 21._o esa._n 34._o 16_o rom._n 1._o 18_o rom._n 2._o 8._o 9_o 1_o thes._n 5._o 14_o mar._n 13._o 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