But for and, A.V.; about for now about, A.V.; if indeed for if, A.V.; of wicked villainy for wicked lewdness, A.V. The Greek ῥᾳδιούργημα occurs only here in the New Testament or elsewhere; ῥᾳδιουργία, which is not uncommon in Greek writers, occurs in Acts 13:10.
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