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Louis Segond 1910
Car c'est la volonté de Dieu qu'en pratiquant le bien vous réduisiez au silence les hommes ignorants et insensés,
KJV
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
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