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wrote,<00:36:05.730><c> that</c><00:36:05.929><c> Christ</c><00:36:06.349><c> Jesus</c>

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is<00:36:07.510><c> in</c><00:36:07.809><c> you?</c><00:36:10.409><c> Unless</c><00:36:10.809><c> of</c><00:36:11.010><c> course,</c><00:36:12.030><c> you</c><00:36:12.250><c> fail</c><00:36:12.489><c> the</c><00:36:12.710><c> test.</c><00:36:14.190><c> So</c><00:36:14.469><c> brothers</c><00:36:14.710><c> and</c><00:36:15.010><c> sisters,</c><00:36:16.429><c> let</c><00:36:16.550><c> us</c><00:36:16.750><c> pass</c>

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