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positive<00:16:31.200><c> things,</c><00:16:31.580><c> but</c><00:16:31.940><c> that's</c><00:16:32.379><c> not</c><00:16:32.659><c> at</c><00:16:32.899><c> all</c>

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ironic.<00:16:38.100><c> Paul</c><00:16:38.279><c> doesn't</c><00:16:38.539><c> actually</c>

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to<00:24:34.299><c> generate</c><00:24:34.619><c> an</c><00:24:34.880><c> image</c><00:24:35.140><c> of</c><00:24:35.579><c> a</c><00:24:35.740><c> pharmacos.</c><00:24:36.980><c> And</c><00:24:37.440><c> here's</c><00:24:37.720><c> what</c>

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it<00:24:38.220><c> came</c><00:24:38.380><c> up</c><00:24:38.619><c> with.</c><00:24:39.319><c> I</c><00:24:39.579><c> thought</c><00:24:39.720><c> this</c><00:24:39.920><c> was</c><00:24:40.079><c> pretty</c>

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interesting.<00:24:41.660><c> You</c><00:24:41.799><c> can</c><00:24:42.079><c> see</c><00:24:42.380><c> all</c><00:24:42.700><c> of</c><00:24:42.779><c> society</c><00:24:43.259><c> rising</c><00:24:43.660><c> up</c><00:24:44.140><c> against</c><00:24:44.539><c> the</c>

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object<00:24:45.519><c> of</c><00:24:45.680><c> their</c><00:24:45.859><c> problems.</c>

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You<00:24:48.559><c> can</c><00:24:48.880><c> see</c><00:24:49.140><c> the</c><00:24:49.319><c> isolated</c><00:24:49.799><c> figure</c><00:24:50.240><c> in</c><00:24:50.539><c> the</c><00:24:50.640><c> center,</c><00:24:50.960><c> an</c><00:24:51.180><c> outcast</c><00:24:52.140><c> about</c><00:24:53.240><c> to</c>

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receive<00:24:53.700><c> the</c><00:24:53.940><c> abuse</c><00:24:54.160><c> of</c><00:24:54.359><c> the</c><00:24:54.500><c> mob.</c>

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In<00:24:55.380><c> the</c><00:24:55.559><c> background,</c><00:24:55.920><c> you</c><00:24:56.019><c> can</c><00:24:56.279><c> see</c><00:24:56.380><c> a</c><00:24:56.599><c> volcano</c><00:24:57.079><c> erupting,</c><00:24:57.799><c> I</c>

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think<00:24:58.140><c> perhaps</c><00:24:58.660><c> representing</c><00:24:59.200><c> the</c><00:24:59.480><c> calamities</c>

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that<00:25:00.759><c> the</c><00:25:01.000><c> society,</c><00:25:01.579><c> the</c><00:25:01.759><c> ancient</c><00:25:01.920><c> civilization</c><00:25:02.599><c> was</c><00:25:02.960><c> experiencing.</c><00:25:05.619><c> And</c>

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just<00:25:06.099><c> think</c><00:25:06.319><c> about</c><00:25:06.559><c> that,</c>

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think<00:25:07.420><c> about</c><00:25:07.579><c> those</c><00:25:07.900><c> themes</c><00:25:08.200><c> as</c><00:25:08.460><c> I</c><00:25:08.700><c> share</c><00:25:08.819><c> with</c><00:25:09.039><c> you</c><00:25:09.400><c> a</c><00:25:09.579><c> few</c>

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examples<00:25:10.220><c> from</c><00:25:10.500><c> the</c><00:25:10.680><c> scapegoat</c><00:25:11.059><c> ritual.</c>

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These<00:25:12.039><c> were</c><00:25:12.259><c> compiled</c><00:25:12.740><c> from</c><00:25:13.039><c> primary</c><00:25:13.319><c> sources</c><00:25:13.759><c> by</c><00:25:14.299><c> a</c><00:25:14.500><c> Dutch</c>

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researcher<00:25:15.359><c> called</c><00:25:15.940><c> Jan</c><00:25:16.240><c> Bremer.</c><00:25:18.599><c> Bremer</c><00:25:18.960><c> writes</c>

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that<00:25:19.720><c> one</c><00:25:19.940><c> group</c><00:25:20.319><c> states</c><00:25:20.740><c> that</c><00:25:21.640><c> in</c><00:25:21.900><c> exceptional</c><00:25:22.480><c> times,</c><00:25:23.200><c> such</c>

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as<00:25:23.460><c> during</c><00:25:23.680><c> drought</c><00:25:24.000><c> or</c><00:25:24.259><c> famine,</c>

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certain<00:25:26.039><c> ugly</c><00:25:26.599><c> people</c><00:25:27.119><c> were</c><00:25:27.440><c> selected</c><00:25:27.839><c> and</c><00:25:28.319><c> sacrificed.</c><00:25:29.539><c> In</c>

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Abdera,<00:25:30.980><c> a</c><00:25:30.980><c> poor</c><00:25:31.119><c> man</c><00:25:31.460><c> was</c><00:25:32.359><c> led</c><00:25:32.500><c> around</c><00:25:32.740><c> the</c><00:25:32.940><c> walls</c><00:25:33.079><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:33.400><c> city</c><00:25:33.579><c> and</c><00:25:33.779><c> finally</c><00:25:34.059><c> chased</c><00:25:34.380><c> over</c><00:25:34.599><c> the</c><00:25:34.819><c> borders</c><00:25:35.099><c> with</c><00:25:35.420><c> stones.</c><00:25:37.359><c> In</c>

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Massilia,<00:25:39.839><c> another</c><00:25:40.099><c> poor</c><00:25:40.359><c> devil</c>

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offered<00:25:41.079><c> himself</c><00:25:41.539><c> during</c><00:25:41.839><c> a</c><00:25:42.039><c> plague.</c><00:25:43.799><c> In</c><00:25:44.039><c> Lucas,</c><00:25:45.319><c> a</c><00:25:45.440><c> criminal</c>

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was<00:25:46.180><c> cast</c><00:25:46.500><c> off</c><00:25:46.859><c> a</c><00:25:47.019><c> rock</c><00:25:47.339><c> into</c><00:25:47.700><c> the</c><00:25:47.980><c> sea</c>

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for<00:25:48.400><c> the</c><00:25:48.599><c> sake</c><00:25:48.759><c> of</c><00:25:48.960><c> averting</c><00:25:49.319><c> evil</c><00:25:49.660><c> during</c><00:25:49.980><c> a</c><00:25:50.180><c> festival</c><00:25:50.779><c> of</c><00:25:52.000><c> Apollo.</c><00:25:54.920><c> And</c><00:25:55.059><c> then</c><00:25:55.279><c> Bremer</c><00:25:55.500><c> goes</c><00:25:55.740><c> on</c>

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to<00:25:56.240><c> state,</c>

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another<00:25:57.859><c> notice</c><00:25:58.380><c> reports</c><00:25:58.900><c> that</c><00:25:59.259><c> every</c><00:25:59.599><c> year</c><00:26:00.119><c> a</c><00:26:00.619><c> young</c><00:26:00.859><c> man</c>

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was<00:26:01.640><c> cast</c><00:26:02.019><c> into</c><00:26:02.279><c> the</c><00:26:02.500><c> sea</c><00:26:02.599><c> with</c><00:26:02.819><c> the</c><00:26:03.019><c> words,</c>

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be<00:26:04.420><c> thou</c><00:26:05.059><c> our</c><00:26:05.819><c> off</c><00:26:06.259><c> scouring.</c>

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And<00:26:10.000><c> notice</c><00:26:10.279><c> here</c><00:26:10.460><c> that</c><00:26:10.700><c> the</c><00:26:10.880><c> source</c><00:26:11.140><c> Bremer</c><00:26:11.420><c> references</c><00:26:11.960><c> uses</c><00:26:12.400><c> the</c>

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same<00:26:12.880><c> term,</c><00:26:13.480><c> paracema,</c>

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that<00:26:14.880><c> Paul</c><00:26:15.119><c> uses</c><00:26:15.579><c> to</c><00:26:16.059><c> refer</c><00:26:16.279><c> to</c><00:26:16.460><c> himself.</c><00:26:18.599><c> In</c><00:26:18.759><c> fact,</c><00:26:19.000><c> the</c><00:26:19.119><c> King</c>

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James<00:26:19.500><c> version</c><00:26:19.759><c> translates</c><00:26:20.220><c> the</c><00:26:20.440><c> end</c><00:26:20.559><c> of</c><00:26:20.640><c> verse</c><00:26:20.819><c> 13</c>

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as<00:26:21.440><c> the,</c><00:26:22.380><c> the</c><00:26:22.380><c> off</c><00:26:22.660><c> scouring</c><00:26:23.019><c> of</c><00:26:23.319><c> all</c><00:26:23.559><c> things</c><00:26:23.819><c> unto</c><00:26:24.039><c> this</c><00:26:24.400><c> day.</c>

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So<00:26:28.119><c> Bremer</c><00:26:28.500><c> goes</c><00:26:28.700><c> on</c><00:26:28.940><c> to</c><00:26:29.140><c> connect</c><00:26:29.299><c> both</c><00:26:29.579><c> the</c><00:26:29.839><c> terms</c>

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Paul<00:26:30.339><c> uses</c><00:26:30.660><c> to</c><00:26:30.980><c> describe</c><00:26:31.200><c> himself</c><00:26:31.819><c> with</c><00:26:32.559><c> the</c><00:26:32.839><c> scapegoat</c><00:26:33.299><c> ritual.</c><00:26:35.519><c> He</c>

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says,<00:26:36.019><c> we</c><00:26:36.019><c> find</c><00:26:36.319><c> the</c><00:26:36.519><c> poor,</c><00:26:36.720><c> the</c><00:26:36.819><c> ugly,</c>

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the<00:26:37.259><c> criminals,</c><00:26:38.339><c> who</c><00:26:38.579><c> only</c><00:26:38.799><c> occur</c><00:26:39.059><c> in</c><00:26:39.200><c> the</c><00:26:39.400><c> historical</c><00:26:39.740><c> rites.</c><00:26:41.000><c> This</c>

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must<00:26:41.519><c> have</c><00:26:41.779><c> been</c><00:26:42.019><c> a</c><00:26:42.259><c> recurrent</c><00:26:42.599><c> feature</c>

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of<00:26:43.000><c> the</c><00:26:43.180><c> scapegoat</c><00:26:43.519><c> rituals</c><00:26:43.880><c> that</c><00:26:44.119><c> the</c><00:26:44.279><c> words</c><00:26:44.519><c> used</c><00:26:44.720><c> to</c><00:26:44.920><c> denote</c><00:26:45.220><c> the</c>

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scapegoat.<00:26:46.599><c> Pharmacos,</c><00:26:47.420><c> catharma,</c>

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pericatharma,<00:26:49.160><c> and</c><00:26:49.420><c> paracema</c><00:26:50.359><c> soon</c><00:26:50.920><c> became</c><00:26:51.319><c> words</c><00:26:51.859><c> of</c><00:26:52.279><c> abuse.</c><00:26:53.559><c> So</c><00:26:53.779><c> he's</c><00:26:53.940><c> saying</c><00:26:54.059><c> that</c><00:26:54.259><c> because</c><00:26:54.500><c> of</c>

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this<00:26:54.960><c> ritual,</c>

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the<00:26:57.660><c> words</c><00:26:58.039><c> described</c><00:26:58.900><c> to</c><00:26:59.279><c> describe</c><00:26:59.720><c> those</c><00:27:00.140><c> poor</c><00:27:00.440><c> people</c>

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that<00:27:01.119><c> were</c><00:27:01.460><c> outcasts</c><00:27:01.940><c> from</c><00:27:02.019><c> society,</c>

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those<00:27:03.859><c> words</c><00:27:04.279><c> actually</c><00:27:04.859><c> took</c><00:27:05.099><c> on</c><00:27:05.619><c> like</c><00:27:05.859><c> a</c><00:27:05.980><c> life</c><00:27:06.099><c> of</c><00:27:06.319><c> their</c><00:27:06.559><c> own,</c><00:27:06.839><c> and</c>

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they<00:27:07.339><c> became</c><00:27:07.700><c> terms</c><00:27:08.279><c> of</c><00:27:08.720><c> abuse.</c><00:27:09.660><c> He's</c><00:27:09.819><c> suggesting</c>

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they're<00:27:10.500><c> curse</c><00:27:10.700><c> words.</c><00:27:11.579><c> These</c><00:27:11.759><c> are</c><00:27:12.119><c> slurs</c><00:27:12.519><c> which</c><00:27:12.759><c> would</c><00:27:12.880><c> have</c>

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invoked<00:27:13.559><c> the</c><00:27:13.819><c> pharmacos</c><00:27:14.259><c> ritual,</c><00:27:15.579><c> the</c><00:27:15.859><c> worthlessness</c>

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of<00:27:16.599><c> the</c><00:27:16.740><c> fellows</c><00:27:16.960><c> who</c><00:27:17.200><c> were</c><00:27:17.359><c> the</c><00:27:17.839><c> poison</c><00:27:18.059><c> of</c><00:27:18.279><c> society</c><00:27:18.680><c> and</c><00:27:18.880><c> had</c>

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to<00:27:19.079><c> be</c><00:27:19.319><c> disposed</c><00:27:19.779><c> of.</c><00:27:21.940><c> So</c><00:27:22.259><c> another</c><00:27:22.579><c> author</c><00:27:22.960><c> says,</c>

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and<00:27:24.960><c> I</c><00:27:25.039><c> apologize,</c><00:27:25.700><c> this</c><00:27:25.980><c> is</c><00:27:26.220><c> the</c><00:27:26.299><c> last</c><00:27:26.460><c> couple</c><00:27:26.720><c> of</c><00:27:26.900><c> references</c><00:27:27.099><c> I</c><00:27:27.420><c> have,</c><00:27:29.200><c> but</c><00:27:29.380><c> I</c>

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thought<00:27:29.759><c> it</c><00:27:29.839><c> was</c>

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interesting.<00:27:30.980><c> Another</c><00:27:31.319><c> writer</c><00:27:31.640><c> says,</c><00:27:33.099><c> the</c><00:27:33.099><c> words</c><00:27:33.420><c> translated</c><00:27:34.019><c> here</c><00:27:34.759><c> in</c><00:27:35.299><c> 1</c>

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Corinthians<00:27:35.880><c> 4</c><00:27:36.240><c> verse</c><00:27:36.460><c> 13</c><00:27:36.960><c> as</c>

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scum<00:27:37.859><c> and</c><00:27:38.119><c> refuse</c><00:27:38.579><c> are</c><00:27:39.339><c> fairly</c><00:27:39.839><c> vulgar</c><00:27:40.460><c> in</c><00:27:40.819><c> the</c><00:27:41.019><c> original</c>

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Greek.<00:27:42.059><c> Their</c><00:27:42.279><c> closest</c><00:27:42.599><c> English</c><00:27:43.039><c> equivalents</c><00:27:43.599><c> would</c>

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offend<00:27:44.200><c> so</c><00:27:44.500><c> many</c><00:27:44.700><c> people</c><00:27:45.240><c> that</c><00:27:45.759><c> modern</c><00:27:46.180><c> translations</c><00:27:46.779><c> use</c>

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euthanistic<00:27:47.819><c> language</c><00:27:48.279><c> like</c><00:27:48.579><c> this</c><00:27:48.980><c> indeed.</c>

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And<00:27:51.259><c> Thistleton</c><00:27:51.859><c> says,</c><00:27:52.940><c> the</c><00:27:52.940><c> lowest,</c><00:27:54.079><c> strongest,</c><00:27:54.779><c> most</c>

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earthy<00:27:55.779><c> language.</c>

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So<00:27:59.359><c> what's</c><00:27:59.640><c> the</c><00:27:59.779><c> point</c><00:27:59.940><c> of</c><00:28:00.099><c> all</c><00:28:00.240><c> this?</c><00:28:00.660><c> Well,</c><00:28:01.339><c> when</c><00:28:01.519><c> Paul</c><00:28:01.839><c> is</c><00:28:02.160><c> describing</c><00:28:02.480><c> himself</c><00:28:02.880><c> as</c><00:28:03.099><c> a</c>

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scum<00:28:03.400><c> in</c><00:28:03.559><c> the</c><00:28:03.660><c> world</c><00:28:03.799><c> of</c>

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refuse<00:28:04.460><c> or</c><00:28:04.880><c> off</c><00:28:05.140><c> scouring</c><00:28:05.380><c> of</c><00:28:05.559><c> all</c><00:28:05.759><c> things,</c><00:28:06.660><c> he's</c><00:28:07.079><c> directly</c><00:28:07.579><c> referencing</c><00:28:08.220><c> a</c>

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cultural<00:28:09.000><c> custom</c><00:28:09.380><c> familiar</c>

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to<00:28:10.059><c> the</c><00:28:10.220><c> Greeks</c><00:28:10.400><c> in</c><00:28:10.680><c> Corinth.</c><00:28:11.660><c> He's</c><00:28:12.180><c> invoking</c><00:28:12.680><c> like</c><00:28:13.259><c> really</c>

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abusive<00:28:13.940><c> language,</c><00:28:14.819><c> not</c><00:28:15.119><c> the</c><00:28:15.319><c> sort</c><00:28:15.440><c> of</c><00:28:15.579><c> thing</c>

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would<00:28:15.940><c> be</c><00:28:16.140><c> heard</c><00:28:16.279><c> in</c><00:28:16.480><c> polite</c><00:28:16.619><c> company</c><00:28:17.240><c> to</c><00:28:18.000><c> describe</c><00:28:18.319><c> himself.</c>

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comments.<00:29:45.460><c> And</c><00:29:45.920><c> that</c><00:29:46.240><c> last</c><00:29:46.700><c> and</c><00:29:46.940><c> final</c><00:29:47.099><c> point</c><00:29:47.480><c> is</c><00:29:48.880><c> that</c><00:29:49.619><c> when</c>

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know,<00:29:57.079><c> these</c><00:29:57.259><c> different</c><00:29:57.559><c> groups</c><00:29:57.940><c> of</c>

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people.<00:30:00.079><c> What</c><00:30:00.380><c> Paul</c><00:30:00.599><c> has</c><00:30:00.900><c> in</c><00:30:01.000><c> mind</c><00:30:01.180><c> here</c><00:30:01.579><c> is</c><00:30:01.839><c> that</c><00:30:02.039><c> the</c><00:30:02.200><c> only</c>

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matters,<00:30:08.099><c> you</c><00:30:08.220><c> know.</c><00:30:09.859><c> Okay,</c><00:30:10.220><c> maybe</c><00:30:10.480><c> you</c><00:30:10.720><c> resonate</c>

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know,<00:30:16.200><c> you're</c><00:30:16.380><c> more</c>

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appeals<00:30:20.180><c> to</c><00:30:20.420><c> you.</c><00:30:22.700><c> What</c><00:30:23.019><c> he</c><00:30:23.299><c> says</c><00:30:23.519><c> is</c><00:30:23.720><c> you</c><00:30:23.839><c> need</c><00:30:24.000><c> to</c>

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up.<00:30:37.380><c> So</c><00:30:37.759><c> I</c><00:30:38.140><c> just</c><00:30:38.380><c> wanted</c><00:30:38.519><c> to</c><00:30:38.759><c> get</c><00:30:38.839><c> that</c><00:30:39.140><c> out.</c>

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as<00:31:07.740><c> I</c><00:31:08.039><c> am</c><00:31:08.359><c> of</c><00:31:08.619><c> Christ.</c><00:31:09.299><c> Right,</c>

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us.<00:31:31.359><c> But</c><00:31:31.660><c> to</c><00:31:31.880><c> just</c><00:31:32.079><c> look</c><00:31:32.220><c> at</c><00:31:32.359><c> the</c><00:31:32.460><c> final</c><00:31:32.880><c> two</c><00:31:33.279><c> instances</c><00:31:33.720><c> of</c><00:31:34.059><c> that</c><00:31:34.279><c> expression</c><00:31:34.799><c> being</c><00:31:35.579><c> puffed</c><00:31:36.039><c> up,</c><00:31:37.400><c> 1</c><00:31:37.539><c> Corinthians</c>

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8,<00:31:39.559><c> verse</c><00:31:39.819><c> 1.</c><00:31:40.680><c> Let's</c><00:31:40.980><c> see</c><00:31:41.240><c> if</c><00:31:41.380><c> I</c><00:31:41.519><c> can</c><00:31:41.660><c> bring</c><00:31:41.859><c> it</c><00:31:42.039><c> up.</c><00:31:45.279><c> Concerning</c><00:31:45.720><c> food</c><00:31:46.000><c> offered</c><00:31:46.140><c> to</c>

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idols,<00:31:46.799><c> we</c><00:31:46.859><c> know</c><00:31:47.079><c> that</c>

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but<00:31:51.339><c> love</c><00:31:51.680><c> builds</c><00:31:52.220><c> up.</c><00:31:53.740><c> And</c><00:31:54.099><c> we</c><00:31:54.180><c> don't</c><00:31:54.339><c> really</c><00:31:54.480><c> have</c>

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was<00:31:57.779><c> going</c><00:31:57.920><c> on</c><00:31:58.079><c> in</c><00:31:58.160><c> 1</c><00:31:58.279><c> Corinthians</c><00:31:58.619><c> 8.</c><00:31:59.000><c> You've</c><00:31:59.299><c> got</c>

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a<00:31:59.599><c> brother</c><00:31:59.880><c> who</c><00:32:00.180><c> will</c><00:32:00.519><c> eat</c><00:32:00.740><c> the</c><00:32:01.000><c> meat</c><00:32:01.220><c> offered</c><00:32:01.500><c> to</c><00:32:01.660><c> idols.</c><00:32:02.279><c> You've</c><00:32:02.559><c> got</c>

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another<00:32:02.920><c> brother</c><00:32:03.200><c> that</c><00:32:03.400><c> won't</c><00:32:03.640><c> eat</c><00:32:03.839><c> it,</c>

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right?<00:32:05.000><c> He's</c><00:32:05.480><c> worried</c><00:32:05.759><c> about</c><00:32:06.059><c> the</c><00:32:06.319><c> association,</c><00:32:07.480><c> pagan</c><00:32:07.519><c> religion,</c><00:32:08.160><c> and</c>

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he<00:32:08.380><c> chooses</c><00:32:08.559><c> to</c><00:32:08.819><c> abstain.</c>

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knows<00:32:14.500><c> that</c><00:32:15.440><c> God</c><00:32:15.619><c> is</c><00:32:15.900><c> one,</c>

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that<00:32:16.440><c> an</c><00:32:16.640><c> idol</c><00:32:16.799><c> isn't</c><00:32:17.019><c> anything.</c><00:32:17.759><c> He</c><00:32:18.000><c> can</c><00:32:18.259><c> cite</c><00:32:18.480><c> the</c><00:32:18.779><c> scriptures</c><00:32:19.160><c> to</c><00:32:19.440><c> make</c>

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a<00:32:19.779><c> point</c><00:32:19.940><c> for</c><00:32:20.140><c> why</c><00:32:20.319><c> it's</c><00:32:20.539><c> actually</c>

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okay<00:32:21.180><c> to</c><00:32:21.380><c> eat</c><00:32:21.519><c> the</c><00:32:21.740><c> meat</c><00:32:21.980><c> offered</c><00:32:22.299><c> to</c><00:32:22.500><c> idols,</c><00:32:23.480><c> whereas</c><00:32:25.279><c> the</c><00:32:25.480><c> other</c><00:32:25.680><c> brother's</c><00:32:25.940><c> making</c><00:32:26.140><c> more</c><00:32:26.380><c> of</c>

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an<00:32:26.579><c> emotional</c>

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decision,<00:32:27.539><c> I</c><00:32:27.680><c> would</c><00:32:27.920><c> say,</c><00:32:28.240><c> than</c><00:32:28.400><c> a</c><00:32:28.619><c> knowledge</c><00:32:28.859><c>-based</c><00:32:29.220><c> one.</c><00:32:30.079><c> And</c><00:32:30.279><c> Paul's</c><00:32:30.579><c> advice</c><00:32:30.819><c> is</c>

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to<00:32:31.240><c> actually</c><00:32:32.039><c> abstain</c><00:32:32.900><c> if</c><00:32:33.180><c> it</c>

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causes<00:32:33.680><c> your</c><00:32:33.920><c> brother</c><00:32:34.180><c> to</c><00:32:34.460><c> stumble,</c><00:32:34.779><c> right?</c><00:32:35.299><c> So</c><00:32:35.380><c> to</c><00:32:35.619><c> forego</c>

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that<00:32:36.420><c> knowledge,</c><00:32:37.559><c> to</c><00:32:37.720><c> have</c><00:32:37.980><c> the</c><00:32:38.220><c> knowledge,</c>

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it's<00:32:39.140><c> not</c><00:32:39.299><c> that</c><00:32:39.460><c> knowledge</c><00:32:39.640><c> is</c><00:32:39.859><c> a</c><00:32:39.920><c> bad</c><00:32:40.099><c> thing,</c><00:32:40.720><c> but</c><00:32:40.900><c> it</c><00:32:40.980><c> has</c><00:32:41.160><c> to</c>

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be<00:32:41.539><c> paired</c><00:32:41.720><c> with</c><00:32:42.059><c> love.</c><00:32:43.039><c> It</c><00:32:43.099><c> builds</c><00:32:43.380><c> up</c><00:32:43.619><c> the</c><00:32:43.819><c> brother.</c>

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It<00:32:44.299><c> doesn't</c><00:32:44.619><c> cause</c><00:32:44.920><c> him</c><00:32:45.079><c> to</c><00:32:45.279><c> stumble.</c><00:32:46.460><c> Knowledge</c><00:32:46.880><c> puffs</c><00:32:47.339><c> up,</c>

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certainly<00:32:48.619><c> has</c><00:32:48.839><c> the</c><00:32:48.960><c> potential</c><00:32:49.339><c> to</c><00:32:49.599><c> puff</c><00:32:49.720><c> up</c><00:32:49.960><c> and</c>

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be<00:32:50.319><c> associated</c><00:32:50.779><c> with</c><00:32:51.059><c> arrogance</c><00:32:51.460><c> and</c><00:32:51.759><c> pridefulness</c><00:32:52.200><c> and</c><00:32:52.380><c> all</c>

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these<00:32:52.680><c> other</c><00:32:52.859><c> things.</c><00:32:53.160><c> It</c><00:32:53.319><c> doesn't</c><00:32:53.519><c> have</c><00:32:53.880><c> to</c><00:32:54.099><c> be</c><00:32:54.259><c> that</c>

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if<00:32:55.400><c> it's</c><00:32:55.759><c> paired</c><00:32:55.940><c> with</c><00:32:56.220><c> love,</c><00:32:56.940><c> because</c><00:32:57.160><c> love</c><00:32:58.240><c> builds</c><00:32:58.779><c> up.</c><00:33:00.400><c> I</c><00:33:00.460><c> had</c><00:33:00.599><c> some</c><00:33:00.920><c> stuff</c><00:33:01.099><c> on</c><00:33:02.279><c> Dun</c><00:33:02.559><c> &</c>

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Kruger,<00:33:03.079><c> which</c><00:33:03.259><c> is</c><00:33:03.519><c> kind</c><00:33:03.619><c> of</c>

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fun,<00:33:05.299><c> but</c><00:33:05.460><c> we're</c><00:33:05.660><c> going</c><00:33:05.839><c> to</c><00:33:05.859><c> skip</c><00:33:06.079><c> through</c><00:33:06.319><c> that.</c><00:33:09.559><c> And</c><00:33:09.559><c> let's</c>

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see.<00:33:15.400><c> Our</c><00:33:15.660><c> final</c><00:33:15.980><c> verse</c><00:33:16.339><c> for</c><00:33:16.579><c> the</c><00:33:16.700><c> night</c><00:33:16.940><c> is</c>

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1<00:33:17.380><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:17.740><c> 13</c><00:33:18.359><c> verse</c><00:33:18.640><c> 4.</c><00:33:20.119><c> Love</c><00:33:20.140><c> is</c><00:33:20.420><c> patient</c><00:33:20.779><c> and</c><00:33:21.119><c> kind.</c>

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Love<00:33:21.900><c> does</c><00:33:22.200><c> not</c><00:33:22.500><c> envy</c><00:33:22.880><c> or</c><00:33:23.339><c> ghost,</c><00:33:23.720><c> is</c><00:33:23.940><c> not</c><00:33:24.200><c> arrogant.</c>

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And<00:33:26.019><c> that</c><00:33:26.220><c> word</c><00:33:26.480><c> arrogant</c><00:33:26.880><c> is</c><00:33:27.240><c> puffed</c><00:33:27.579><c> up.</c><00:33:28.240><c> The</c><00:33:28.380><c> King</c><00:33:28.579><c> James</c>

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Version<00:33:29.099><c> actually</c><00:33:29.460><c> says</c><00:33:29.839><c> charity</c><00:33:30.960><c> is</c><00:33:31.319><c> not</c><00:33:31.640><c> puffed</c><00:33:32.039><c> up.</c>

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Corinthians<00:33:37.460><c> 13,</c>

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it's<00:33:38.180><c> read</c><00:33:38.400><c> at</c><00:33:38.640><c> weddings.</c><00:33:39.119><c> It's</c><00:33:39.279><c> like</c><00:33:39.480><c> Psalm</c><00:33:39.680><c> 23</c><00:33:40.200><c> and</c><00:33:40.359><c> 1</c><00:33:40.559><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:40.920><c> 13</c>

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are<00:33:41.740><c> maybe</c><00:33:42.099><c> the</c><00:33:42.420><c> two</c><00:33:42.619><c> passages</c><00:33:43.079><c> people</c>

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would<00:33:43.640><c> know</c><00:33:44.220><c> if</c><00:33:45.359><c> they're</c><00:33:45.599><c> not</c><00:33:45.680><c> very</c><00:33:45.880><c> familiar</c><00:33:46.220><c> with</c><00:33:46.460><c> their</c><00:33:46.680><c> Bible.</c><00:33:48.259><c> I</c>

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think<00:33:48.839><c> understanding</c><00:33:49.480><c> the</c><00:33:49.819><c> pride</c><00:33:50.039><c> problem</c>

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in<00:33:50.740><c> Corinth</c><00:33:50.779><c> really</c><00:33:51.220><c> makes</c><00:33:51.859><c> this</c><00:33:52.599><c> verse</c><00:33:52.819><c> so</c><00:33:53.180><c> much</c><00:33:53.319><c> more</c><00:33:53.599><c> impactful,</c><00:33:54.640><c> right?</c><00:33:55.220><c> This</c>

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term<00:33:55.579><c> only</c><00:33:55.900><c> appears</c><00:33:56.180><c> seven</c>

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times<00:33:56.740><c> in</c><00:33:56.900><c> the</c><00:33:56.980><c> New</c><00:33:57.160><c> Testament,</c><00:33:57.579><c> and</c><00:33:57.799><c> six</c><00:33:58.039><c> of</c><00:33:58.220><c> the</c><00:33:58.259><c> occurrences</c><00:33:58.619><c> are</c><00:33:58.839><c> in</c><00:33:58.980><c> 1</c>

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Corinthians.<00:34:00.000><c> So</c><00:34:00.220><c> the</c><00:34:00.380><c> theme</c>

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of<00:34:00.920><c> puffed</c><00:34:01.160><c>-upness</c><00:34:01.519><c> is</c><00:34:02.019><c> definitely</c><00:34:02.400><c> something</c><00:34:02.700><c> that</c><00:34:02.920><c> Paul</c>

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has<00:34:03.259><c> deliberately</c><00:34:03.680><c> chosen</c><00:34:04.140><c> for</c><00:34:04.339><c> his</c><00:34:04.500><c> epistle.</c>

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He's<00:34:05.599><c> carried</c><00:34:05.799><c> it</c><00:34:06.059><c> forward</c><00:34:06.319><c> to</c><00:34:06.500><c> make</c><00:34:06.619><c> this</c><00:34:06.900><c> final</c><00:34:07.220><c> powerful</c>

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point.<00:34:09.099><c> When</c><00:34:09.300><c> we</c><00:34:09.599><c> choose</c><00:34:09.880><c> to</c><00:34:10.239><c> love,</c>

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we<00:34:11.340><c> totally</c><00:34:11.820><c> neutralize</c><00:34:12.719><c> the</c><00:34:12.840><c> risk</c><00:34:13.139><c> of</c><00:34:13.699><c> arrogance</c><00:34:14.059><c> and</c><00:34:14.400><c> pridefulness</c><00:34:14.860><c> that</c>

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comes<00:34:15.320><c> from</c>

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knowledge,<00:34:17.519><c> potentially.</c><00:34:17.960><c> These</c><00:34:18.119><c> are</c><00:34:18.280><c> dangerous</c><00:34:18.619><c> elements</c>

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that<00:34:19.420><c> could</c><00:34:19.639><c> be</c><00:34:19.960><c> produced</c><00:34:20.300><c> by</c><00:34:20.579><c> knowledge.</c>

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But<00:34:22.420><c> when</c><00:34:22.579><c> we</c><00:34:22.780><c> choose</c><00:34:23.039><c> to</c><00:34:23.199><c> love,</c><00:34:23.719><c> it</c><00:34:23.940><c> allows</c><00:34:24.219><c> us</c><00:34:24.500><c> the</c><00:34:24.739><c> freedom</c>

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to<00:34:25.440><c> learn</c><00:34:25.880><c> and</c><00:34:26.119><c> to</c><00:34:26.380><c> know</c><00:34:26.760><c> all</c><00:34:27.179><c> these</c><00:34:27.460><c> wonderful</c>

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things<00:34:28.119><c> God</c><00:34:28.320><c> is</c><00:34:28.500><c> teaching</c><00:34:28.800><c> us</c><00:34:29.340><c> with</c><00:34:30.239><c> immunity</c><00:34:30.780><c> from</c><00:34:31.079><c> the</c><00:34:31.300><c> harmful</c><00:34:31.659><c> effects</c><00:34:32.380><c> that</c>

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we<00:34:33.860><c> see</c><00:34:34.000><c> in</c><00:34:34.099><c> a</c><00:34:34.119><c> lot</c><00:34:34.320><c> of</c><00:34:34.500><c> prideful</c>

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but<00:34:35.500><c> also</c><00:34:36.059><c> knowledgeable</c><00:34:36.400><c> people</c><00:34:36.800><c> in</c><00:34:36.960><c> the</c><00:34:37.139><c> world.</c><00:34:38.980><c> I</c><00:34:39.619><c> don't</c>

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think<00:34:40.039><c> Paul</c><00:34:40.300><c> was</c><00:34:40.559><c> trying</c><00:34:40.659><c> to</c><00:34:40.820><c> teach</c><00:34:40.960><c> us</c><00:34:41.099><c> that</c>

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it's<00:34:41.719><c> wrong</c><00:34:42.119><c> to</c><00:34:42.519><c> have</c><00:34:42.840><c> knowledge</c><00:34:43.360><c> or</c><00:34:43.980><c> that</c><00:34:44.099><c> it's</c><00:34:44.519><c> preferable</c>

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to<00:34:45.179><c> remain</c><00:34:45.480><c> in</c><00:34:45.760><c> ignorance.</c><00:34:46.760><c> That's</c>

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definitely<00:34:47.420><c> not</c><00:34:47.699><c> the</c><00:34:47.820><c> case.</c><00:34:49.280><c> In</c><00:34:49.500><c> the</c><00:34:51.300><c> very</c><00:34:51.840><c> first</c><00:34:52.699><c> chapter</c><00:34:53.619><c> of</c>

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Corinthians,<00:34:54.380><c> I</c><00:34:54.480><c> don't</c><00:34:54.679><c> have</c><00:34:54.900><c> the</c><00:34:55.119><c> reference</c><00:34:55.400><c> with</c><00:34:55.699><c> me,</c>

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but<00:34:57.360><c> he</c><00:34:57.539><c> talks</c><00:34:57.820><c> about</c><00:34:58.099><c> growing</c><00:34:58.440><c> in</c><00:34:59.380><c> the</c><00:34:59.380><c> knowledge</c><00:34:59.780><c> of</c><00:35:00.139><c> Christ,</c><00:35:00.980><c> right?</c>

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So<00:35:01.360><c> there</c><00:35:01.639><c> is</c><00:35:02.360><c> many</c><00:35:03.059><c> examples</c><00:35:03.659><c> in</c>

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of<00:35:04.440><c> the</c><00:35:05.500><c> fact</c><00:35:05.619><c> that</c><00:35:05.800><c> it</c><00:35:05.960><c> is</c><00:35:06.199><c> desirable</c><00:35:06.500><c> to</c><00:35:06.800><c> have</c><00:35:06.940><c> knowledge,</c>

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but<00:35:08.679><c> it</c><00:35:08.800><c> can</c><00:35:09.000><c> also</c><00:35:09.300><c> be</c><00:35:09.539><c> dangerous,</c>

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there's<00:35:15.800><c> certainly</c><00:35:16.079><c> a</c><00:35:16.280><c> lot</c><00:35:16.420><c> to</c><00:35:16.679><c> unpack</c>

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there.<00:35:17.219><c> We're</c><00:35:17.340><c> not</c><00:35:17.500><c> going</c><00:35:17.619><c> to</c><00:35:17.719><c> do</c><00:35:17.840><c> that</c><00:35:18.039><c> now,</c><00:35:18.739><c> but</c><00:35:19.760><c> the</c><00:35:20.019><c> takeaway</c><00:35:20.280><c> should</c>

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things<00:35:26.659><c> will</c><00:35:26.860><c> pass</c><00:35:27.239><c> away.</c><00:35:28.320><c> Prophecies,</c><00:35:28.900><c> tongues,</c>

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knowledge<00:35:29.960><c> will</c><00:35:30.239><c> pass</c><00:35:30.539><c> away,</c><00:35:31.460><c> but</c><00:35:31.980><c> love</c><00:35:32.559><c> never</c><00:35:33.179><c> ends.</c><00:35:33.820><c> That's</c>

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masterful<00:35:49.460><c> writer.</c><00:35:51.320><c> The</c><00:35:51.659><c> themes</c><00:35:51.920><c> that</c><00:35:52.139><c> he</c>

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