19 Now I was a clever child, and received a good soul. (WEB) 20 Or rather, being good, I came into an undefiled body. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 8:19–20
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Odes of Solomon 21:2–4
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Apocryphon of John 20:3–5
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Odes of Solomon 36:2–4
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Proverbs 4:2–4
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Odes of Solomon 41:9–11
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Odes of Solomon 17:2–4
2 And I was justified in my Lord: my incorruptible salvation is He. (ODE) 3 I was loosed from vanity, and I was not condemned: (ODE) 4 The choking bonds were cut off by her hands: I received the face and the fashion of a new person: and I walked in it and was saved; (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 38:15–17
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