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Those words [_especially they who labor in the word and doctrine_] are added to the former explanatively, to teach us who they are that rule well, viz. _they who labor much in the word and doctrine_, and not to distinguish them that labor in the word, from elders ruling well; as if Paul had said, "Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, greatly laboring in the word," &c.
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
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"You see, he used to be upright as anybody," he went on explanatively.
Penrod 1914
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"You see, he used to be upright as anybody," he went on explanatively.
Penrod Booth Tarkington 1907
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