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all
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From this reading It forbids all persecution all persecution for the sake of religion.
ambition
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From this reading If ever due to zeal in any measure, and not to pride, selfishness, anger, ambition, and other hateful lusts ...
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If ever due to zeal in any measure, and not to pride, selfishness, anger, ambition, and other hateful lusts ...
anger
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From this reading If ever due to zeal in any measure, and not to pride, selfishness, anger, ambition, and other hateful lusts ...
any
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From this reading If ever due to zeal in any measure, and not to pride, selfishness, anger, ambition, and other hateful lusts ...
arise
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From this reading Persecution can never arise from zeal for the Gospel as truth from zeal for the Gospel properly understood.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Persecution can never arise from zeal for the Gospel as truth from zeal for the Gospel properly understood.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
cannot
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From this reading Force cannot possibly propagate the truth or produce the faith, or promote the love in which the gospel consists....
Christianity
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From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
consists
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From this reading Force cannot possibly propagate the truth or produce the faith, or promote the love in which the gospel consists....
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
defended
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From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
defending
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From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
due
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From this reading If ever due to zeal in any measure, and not to pride, selfishness, anger, ambition, and other hateful lusts ...
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If ever due to zeal in any measure, and not to pride, selfishness, anger, ambition, and other hateful lusts ...
faith
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From this reading Force cannot possibly propagate the truth or produce the faith, or promote the love in which the gospel consists....
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It forbids all persecution all persecution for the sake of religion.
forbids
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From this reading It forbids all persecution all persecution for the sake of religion.
Force
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From this reading Force cannot possibly propagate the truth or produce the faith, or promote the love in which the gospel consists....
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Persecution can never arise from zeal for the Gospel as truth from zeal for the Gospel properly understood.
gospel
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From this reading Force cannot possibly propagate the truth or produce the faith, or promote the love in which the gospel consists....
hateful
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From this reading If ever due to zeal in any measure, and not to pride, selfishness, anger, ambition, and other hateful lusts ...
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If ever due to zeal in any measure, and not to pride, selfishness, anger, ambition, and other hateful lusts ...
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It forbids all persecution all persecution for the sake of religion.
love
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From this reading Force cannot possibly propagate the truth or produce the faith, or promote the love in which the gospel consists....
lusts
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From this reading If ever due to zeal in any measure, and not to pride, selfishness, anger, ambition, and other hateful lusts ...
measure
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From this reading If ever due to zeal in any measure, and not to pride, selfishness, anger, ambition, and other hateful lusts ...
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Persecution can never arise from zeal for the Gospel as truth from zeal for the Gospel properly understood.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If ever due to zeal in any measure, and not to pride, selfishness, anger, ambition, and other hateful lusts ...
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Force cannot possibly propagate the truth or produce the faith, or promote the love in which the gospel consists....
other
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From this reading If ever due to zeal in any measure, and not to pride, selfishness, anger, ambition, and other hateful lusts ...
persecuted
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From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
persecution
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From this reading It forbids all persecution all persecution for the sake of religion.
possibly
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From this reading Force cannot possibly propagate the truth or produce the faith, or promote the love in which the gospel consists....
pride
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From this reading If ever due to zeal in any measure, and not to pride, selfishness, anger, ambition, and other hateful lusts ...
produce
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From this reading Force cannot possibly propagate the truth or produce the faith, or promote the love in which the gospel consists....
promote
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From this reading Force cannot possibly propagate the truth or produce the faith, or promote the love in which the gospel consists....
propagate
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From this reading Force cannot possibly propagate the truth or produce the faith, or promote the love in which the gospel consists....
properly
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From this reading Persecution can never arise from zeal for the Gospel as truth from zeal for the Gospel properly understood.
religion
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From this reading It forbids all persecution all persecution for the sake of religion.
sake
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From this reading It forbids all persecution all persecution for the sake of religion.
selfishness
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From this reading If ever due to zeal in any measure, and not to pride, selfishness, anger, ambition, and other hateful lusts ...
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
supposed
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From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It forbids all persecution all persecution for the sake of religion.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If ever due to zeal in any measure, and not to pride, selfishness, anger, ambition, and other hateful lusts ...
truth
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From this reading Force cannot possibly propagate the truth or produce the faith, or promote the love in which the gospel consists....
understood
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From this reading Persecution can never arise from zeal for the Gospel as truth from zeal for the Gospel properly understood.
way
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From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Force cannot possibly propagate the truth or produce the faith, or promote the love in which the gospel consists....
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Those who persecuted them supposed of course that they were defending Christianity, but Christianity can be defended in no such way.
zeal
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From this reading Persecution can never arise from zeal for the Gospel as truth from zeal for the Gospel properly understood.
