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Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report: if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report: if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
In print by 1905 AD · modern
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- In print by 1905 AD · modern
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Philippians iv. 8.
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