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Then,<00:21:41.390><c> Romans</c><00:21:41.710><c> chapter</c><00:21:42.390><c> 6,</c><00:21:43.670><c> verse</c><00:21:43.950><c> 6</c><00:21:44.410><c> will</c><00:21:44.690><c> begin</c><00:21:45.009><c> here.</c>

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And<00:21:56.309><c> that</c><00:21:56.470><c> we</c><00:21:56.630><c> should</c><00:21:56.910><c> no</c><00:21:57.269><c> longer</c><00:21:57.829><c> be</c><00:21:58.309><c> slaves</c><00:21:58.869><c> to</c><00:21:59.630><c> sin.</c>

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so<00:22:36.630><c> that</c><00:22:36.789><c> you</c><00:22:37.029><c> obey</c><00:22:37.269><c> its</c><00:22:37.549><c> evil</c><00:22:37.950><c> desires.</c>

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a<00:22:55.809><c> new</c><00:22:55.990><c> person.</c>

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And<00:22:58.410><c> he</c><00:22:58.549><c> says</c><00:22:58.769><c> in</c><00:22:58.970><c> verse</c><00:22:59.269><c> 6,</c><00:23:00.529><c> the</c><00:23:00.710><c> mind</c><00:23:01.210><c> of</c><00:23:01.549><c> sinful</c><00:23:01.869><c> man</c><00:23:02.210><c> is</c><00:23:02.490><c> death,</c><00:23:03.730><c> but</c>

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This<00:23:11.430><c> is</c><00:23:11.650><c> how</c><00:23:11.910><c> we</c><00:23:12.130><c> are</c><00:23:12.329><c> to</c><00:23:12.869><c> internalize</c><00:23:13.690><c> these</c><00:23:14.009><c> things.</c>

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It's<00:23:17.490><c> the</c><00:23:17.750><c> motivation</c><00:23:18.490><c> of</c><00:23:19.150><c> our</c><00:23:19.410><c> hearts.</c>

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Verse<00:23:21.529><c> 10</c><00:23:21.849><c> says,</c><00:23:22.609><c> if</c><00:23:24.490><c> Christ</c><00:23:25.210><c> is</c><00:23:26.029><c> in</c><00:23:26.430><c> you,</c><00:23:27.910><c> your</c><00:23:28.190><c> body</c><00:23:28.509><c> is</c><00:23:28.769><c> dead</c>

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alive<00:23:36.710><c> because</c><00:23:37.369><c> of</c><00:23:37.630><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:23:39.230><c> if</c><00:23:39.390><c> the</c><00:23:39.789><c> spirit</c><00:23:40.089><c> of</c><00:23:40.289><c> him</c><00:23:40.710><c> who</c><00:23:41.369><c> raised</c><00:23:42.589><c> Jesus</c><00:23:43.289><c> from</c><00:23:43.710><c> the</c><00:23:43.990><c> dead</c><00:23:44.289><c> is</c>

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living<00:23:45.509><c> in</c><00:23:45.869><c> you,</c>

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