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18_o 19_o eph._n 2._o 1_o 2._o 3._o r_o rom._n 5._o 6._o and_o 8._o 3._o s_o io._n 3._o 16_o 17._o t_o gen._n 3._o 15._o 1_o u_o gal._n 4._o 4._o w_o heb._n 2._o 14_o 16_o x_o 1_o tim._n 2._o 5._o rom._n 5._o 15._o y_o luk._n 1._o 27_o 31_o 35_o 42._o and_o 2._o 7._o gal._n 4_o 4_o z_o heb._n 4._o 15._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 2i_fw-la a_o mat._n 3._o 15._o and_o 5._o 17._o b_o gal._n 3._o 13._o c_o luk._n 23._o 33_o ph._n 2._o 8._o d_o 1_o cor._n 15._o 4._o e_o act_n 1._o 9_o 10._o f_o eph._n 1._o 20._o rom._n 8._o 34_o g_o heb._n 7._o 25._o h_o act_n 13._o 48._o i_o rom._n 11._o 7._o k_o eph._n 1_o 4_o 5._o l_o eph._n 2._o 8._o ioh._n 6._o 37._o m_o eph._n 3._o 17._o 1_o cor_n 1._o 9_o col._n 1_o 88_o n_o eph._n 1._o 22._o 23._o and_o 4._o 15_o 16._o o_o rom_n 8._o 30._o p_o io._n 1._o 12._o eph._n 1._o 5._o q_o 1_o co._n 6._o 11._o eph._n 2._o 10._o r_o 1_o co._n 1._o 9_o eph._n 1._o 3._o s_o rom._n 10._o 17._o t_o 1_o pet._n 2._o 2._o u_o act_n 2._o 42._o 46._o w_o neh._n 8._o 1_o 2_o 3._o 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