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Paul<00:20:51.150><c> continues</c><00:20:51.710><c> his</c><00:20:52.069><c> advice</c><00:20:52.369><c> to</c><00:20:52.569><c> Timothy</c><00:20:52.950><c> by</c><00:20:53.309><c> warning</c><00:20:53.650><c> him</c>

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that<00:21:11.450><c> their</c><00:21:12.630><c> word</c><00:21:13.009><c> will</c><00:21:13.410><c> eat</c><00:21:13.650><c> like</c><00:21:14.029><c> a</c><00:21:14.329><c> canker.</c>

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Strong<00:21:17.130><c> says</c><00:21:17.390><c> that</c><00:21:17.750><c> Paul</c><00:21:18.069><c> uses</c><00:21:18.589><c> the</c><00:21:19.029><c> Greek</c><00:21:19.309><c> word,</c><00:21:20.549><c> gagrenia,</c>

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which<00:21:22.410><c> is</c><00:21:22.789><c> interpreted</c><00:21:23.210><c> as</c><00:21:23.829><c> canker.</c>

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The<00:21:25.990><c> word</c><00:21:26.390><c> gagrenia,</c><00:21:28.009><c> which</c><00:21:28.269><c> means</c><00:21:28.710><c> an</c><00:21:29.029><c> ulcer,</c>

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and<00:21:30.490><c> out</c><00:21:30.630><c> of</c><00:21:30.789><c> that</c><00:21:31.009><c> we</c><00:21:31.130><c> get</c><00:21:31.390><c> the</c><00:21:31.589><c> word</c><00:21:32.130><c> gangrene.</c>

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matter<00:21:48.089><c> of</c><00:21:48.369><c> days.</c>

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who<00:22:03.569><c> Paul</c><00:22:03.890><c> said</c><00:22:04.250><c> have</c><00:22:04.910><c> erred</c><00:22:05.329><c> saying</c><00:22:05.730><c> that</c><00:22:06.009><c> the</c><00:22:06.230><c> resurrection</c>

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one<00:22:26.549><c> Alexander,</c>

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Well,<00:22:34.269><c> that</c><00:22:34.769><c> phrase,</c><00:22:35.190><c> delivered</c><00:22:35.690><c> unto</c><00:22:36.210><c> Satan,</c>

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that<00:22:40.470><c> may</c><00:22:41.150><c> mean</c><00:22:42.170><c> to,</c><00:22:45.309><c> could</c><00:22:45.650><c> be</c><00:22:45.990><c> anything</c><00:22:46.390><c> from</c><00:22:47.089><c> Paul's</c><00:22:48.230><c> denouncement,</c><00:22:48.910><c> as</c><00:22:49.109><c> he</c>

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did<00:22:49.529><c> in</c><00:22:49.750><c> this</c><00:22:49.990><c> epistle,</c>

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or<00:22:51.569><c> some</c><00:22:51.849><c> other</c><00:22:52.150><c> act</c><00:22:52.450><c> that</c><00:22:52.690><c> the</c><00:22:52.890><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:53.210><c> took,</c><00:22:54.210><c> maybe</c><00:22:54.410><c> even</c><00:22:54.769><c> disfellowship.</c>

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they<00:23:02.230><c> continued</c><00:23:02.690><c> to</c><00:23:03.009><c> blaspheme.</c>

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Yet<00:23:06.289><c> the</c><00:23:06.630><c> Ecclesia</c><00:23:07.089><c> would</c><00:23:07.410><c> survive</c><00:23:07.990><c> Hymenaeus</c><00:23:08.849><c> and</c><00:23:09.150><c> Philetus</c>

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because<00:23:10.069><c> the</c><00:23:10.269><c> foundation</c><00:23:11.009><c> upon</c><00:23:11.410><c> which</c><00:23:13.950><c> it</c><00:23:14.130><c> was</c><00:23:14.410><c> built,</c>

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that<00:23:14.990><c> is,</c><00:23:15.890><c> of</c><00:23:15.910><c> the</c><00:23:16.150><c> apostles</c><00:23:16.789><c> and</c><00:23:17.170><c> prophets</c><00:23:17.549><c> and</c><00:23:17.789><c> Jesus</c><00:23:18.170><c> Christ,</c><00:23:19.390><c> standeth</c><00:23:19.789><c> sure,</c>

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as<00:23:20.930><c> he</c><00:23:21.150><c> said</c><00:23:21.289><c> in</c><00:23:21.450><c> verse</c><00:23:21.750><c> 19.</c>

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to<00:23:33.369><c> the</c><00:23:33.589><c> extent</c><00:23:33.809><c> that</c><00:23:34.069><c> Paul</c><00:23:34.289><c> would</c><00:23:34.569><c> say,</c><00:23:35.410><c> the</c><00:23:35.509><c> Lord</c><00:23:35.930><c> knoweth</c>

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them<00:23:37.369><c> that</c><00:23:37.670><c> are</c><00:23:37.910><c> his.</c>

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to<00:23:43.210><c> Korah</c><00:23:43.829><c> and</c><00:23:44.289><c> all</c><00:23:44.470><c> his</c><00:23:44.730><c> company,</c>

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as<00:23:45.970><c> he</c><00:23:46.250><c> warned</c><00:23:46.450><c> them</c><00:23:46.769><c> of</c><00:23:46.910><c> their</c><00:23:47.470><c> transgressions</c><00:23:48.230><c> and</c><00:23:48.569><c> said,</c>

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even<00:23:49.730><c> tomorrow</c><00:23:50.250><c> the</c><00:23:50.490><c> Lord</c><00:23:50.789><c> will</c><00:23:51.089><c> show</c><00:23:51.410><c> who</c><00:23:51.750><c> are</c><00:23:51.930><c> his</c><00:23:52.549><c> and</c><00:23:53.250><c> who</c>

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is<00:23:53.789><c> holy.</c>

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As<00:23:57.490><c> was</c><00:23:57.750><c> said</c><00:23:57.910><c> earlier,</c><00:23:58.369><c> Paul</c><00:23:58.630><c> looked</c><00:23:58.910><c> upon</c><00:23:59.250><c> Timothy</c><00:23:59.710><c> as</c><00:24:00.069><c> his</c><00:24:00.410><c> son,</c>

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and<00:24:01.970><c> the</c><00:24:02.210><c> remainder</c><00:24:02.490><c> of</c><00:24:02.710><c> the</c><00:24:02.890><c> chapter</c><00:24:03.210><c> is</c><00:24:03.450><c> filled</c><00:24:03.710><c> with</c>

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fatherly<00:24:04.630><c> advice,</c>

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but<00:24:06.750><c> not</c><00:24:07.029><c> necessarily</c><00:24:07.549><c> the</c><00:24:07.809><c> kind</c><00:24:08.029><c> of</c><00:24:08.250><c> advice</c><00:24:08.529><c> a</c><00:24:08.710><c> biological</c><00:24:09.410><c> father</c><00:24:09.829><c> gives</c><00:24:10.150><c> a</c><00:24:10.410><c> son.</c>

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Fathers<00:24:12.730><c> are</c><00:24:13.049><c> always</c><00:24:13.349><c> giving</c><00:24:13.630><c> their</c><00:24:13.950><c> sons</c><00:24:14.210><c> advice,</c><00:24:15.230><c> but</c><00:24:15.869><c> it's</c>

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so<00:24:18.109><c> that</c><00:24:18.789><c> much</c><00:24:19.089><c> of</c><00:24:19.289><c> the</c><00:24:19.529><c> fatherly</c><00:24:20.069><c> advice</c><00:24:20.410><c> goes</c><00:24:20.670><c> over</c><00:24:20.970><c> the</c><00:24:21.170><c> heads</c><00:24:21.910><c> of</c>

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their<00:24:22.569><c> sons,</c>

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leaving<00:24:24.130><c> them</c><00:24:24.890><c> to</c><00:24:25.109><c> wonder,</c><00:24:26.390><c> what</c><00:24:26.509><c> did</c><00:24:26.690><c> he</c><00:24:26.869><c> mean</c><00:24:27.089><c> by</c><00:24:27.470><c> that?</c>

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But<00:24:29.630><c> not</c><00:24:29.829><c> so</c><00:24:29.990><c> with</c><00:24:30.230><c> Paul.</c><00:24:31.490><c> His</c><00:24:31.769><c> advice</c><00:24:32.109><c> is</c><00:24:32.450><c> clear</c><00:24:32.849><c> and</c><00:24:33.150><c> to</c><00:24:33.269><c> the</c><00:24:33.509><c> point,</c>

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such<00:24:34.869><c> as</c><00:24:35.109><c> that</c><00:24:35.309><c> of</c><00:24:35.490><c> the</c><00:24:35.690><c> 22nd</c><00:24:36.309><c> verse</c><00:24:36.589><c> when</c><00:24:36.809><c> he</c><00:24:37.049><c> advises</c><00:24:37.430><c> Timothy</c><00:24:37.910><c> to</c>

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flee<00:24:38.970><c> also</c><00:24:39.509><c> youthful</c><00:24:40.150><c> lusts.</c>

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Strong<00:24:42.730><c> says</c><00:24:43.049><c> the</c><00:24:43.269><c> meaning</c><00:24:43.529><c> of</c><00:24:43.849><c> lusts</c><00:24:44.369><c> is</c><00:24:44.990><c> a</c><00:24:45.250><c> longing</c><00:24:45.569><c> for</c><00:24:46.029><c> what</c><00:24:46.230><c> is</c><00:24:46.589><c> forbidden.</c>

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Timothy,<00:24:48.670><c> like</c><00:24:49.049><c> all</c><00:24:49.289><c> men,</c><00:24:49.670><c> was</c><00:24:49.750><c> subject</c><00:24:50.089><c> to</c><00:24:50.410><c> passions</c><00:24:50.789><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:24:51.430><c> advises</c><00:24:52.230><c> to</c><00:24:52.650><c> avoid.</c>

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Paul<00:24:55.109><c> continues</c><00:24:55.710><c> as</c><00:24:56.309><c> he</c><00:24:56.630><c> advises</c><00:24:57.029><c> Timothy</c><00:24:57.490><c> to</c><00:24:57.930><c> avoid</c><00:24:58.369><c> foolish</c>

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and<00:24:59.170><c> unlearned</c><00:24:59.670><c> questions,</c>

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for<00:25:00.970><c> they</c><00:25:01.170><c> only</c><00:25:01.490><c> cause</c><00:25:01.849><c> trouble.</c>

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I<00:25:04.130><c> suppose</c><00:25:04.289><c> the</c><00:25:04.490><c> modern</c><00:25:04.769><c> version</c><00:25:05.210><c> would</c><00:25:05.490><c> sound</c><00:25:05.769><c> like,</c>

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don't<00:25:06.670><c> get</c><00:25:06.849><c> into</c><00:25:07.109><c> arguments</c><00:25:07.589><c> over</c><00:25:07.950><c> stupid</c><00:25:08.289><c> questions,</c><00:25:09.029><c> for</c>

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they<00:25:09.509><c> only</c><00:25:09.869><c> cause</c><00:25:10.230><c> trouble.</c>

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In<00:25:13.349><c> the</c><00:25:13.829><c> 24th</c><00:25:14.450><c> verse,</c><00:25:14.789><c> Paul's</c><00:25:15.250><c> advice</c><00:25:15.569><c> is</c><00:25:15.890><c> that</c><00:25:16.490><c> the</c><00:25:16.829><c> servant</c>

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of<00:25:17.390><c> the</c><00:25:17.549><c> Lord</c><00:25:17.750><c> must</c><00:25:18.069><c> not</c><00:25:18.430><c> strive</c><00:25:19.009><c> or</c><00:25:19.690><c> quarrel,</c>

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but<00:25:21.069><c> be</c><00:25:21.470><c> gentle</c><00:25:21.849><c> unto</c><00:25:22.130><c> all</c><00:25:22.509><c> men,</c><00:25:23.289><c> have</c><00:25:23.410><c> to</c><00:25:23.730><c> teach</c><00:25:24.309><c> patiently.</c>

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Paul<00:25:26.509><c> is</c><00:25:26.730><c> telling</c><00:25:26.930><c> Timothy</c><00:25:27.410><c> his</c><00:25:27.990><c> mission</c><00:25:28.430><c> in</c><00:25:28.769><c> ecclesial</c><00:25:29.210><c> life</c>

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is<00:25:29.750><c> not</c><00:25:30.029><c> to</c><00:25:30.390><c> argue</c><00:25:30.710><c> or</c><00:25:31.049><c> dispute,</c>

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but<00:25:32.170><c> to</c><00:25:32.450><c> teach</c><00:25:32.670><c> all</c><00:25:32.990><c> men</c><00:25:33.150><c> the</c><00:25:33.470><c> truth</c><00:25:33.630><c> of</c><00:25:33.849><c> the</c><00:25:34.029><c> gospel,</c><00:25:35.210><c> whether</c>

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in<00:25:35.650><c> or</c><00:25:35.910><c> out</c><00:25:36.089><c> of</c><00:25:36.250><c> the</c><00:25:36.450><c> ecclesiast.</c>

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That<00:25:38.829><c> he</c><00:25:38.990><c> would</c><00:25:39.470><c> win</c><00:25:39.849><c> more</c><00:25:40.289><c> converts</c><00:25:40.849><c> with</c><00:25:41.190><c> instructions</c><00:25:41.890><c> that</c><00:25:42.289><c> is</c>

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both<00:25:43.230><c> gentle</c><00:25:43.769><c> and</c><00:25:44.289><c> patient.</c>

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As<00:25:46.609><c> he</c><00:25:46.910><c> says</c><00:25:47.089><c> in</c><00:25:47.329><c> verse</c><00:25:47.589><c> 25,</c><00:25:49.089><c> in</c><00:25:49.289><c> meekness</c><00:25:49.809><c> instructing</c><00:25:50.450><c> those</c>

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that<00:25:51.210><c> oppose</c><00:25:51.529><c> themselves,</c>

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Paul<00:25:54.130><c> is</c><00:25:54.410><c> saying</c><00:25:54.569><c> that</c><00:25:55.170><c> there</c><00:25:55.549><c> are</c><00:25:55.930><c> those</c><00:25:56.289><c> who</c><00:25:56.589><c> just</c><00:25:56.910><c> plain</c><00:25:57.170><c> like</c><00:25:57.349><c> to</c><00:25:57.690><c> argue,</c>

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even<00:25:58.990><c> to</c><00:25:59.190><c> the</c><00:25:59.329><c> point</c><00:25:59.490><c> of</c><00:25:59.869><c> disputing</c><00:26:00.230><c> their</c><00:26:00.490><c> own</c><00:26:00.769><c> arguments.</c>

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Although<00:26:04.329><c> he</c><00:26:04.470><c> doesn't</c><00:26:04.869><c> say</c><00:26:05.190><c> it,</c><00:26:06.130><c> I</c><00:26:06.190><c> think</c><00:26:06.349><c> Paul</c><00:26:06.609><c> means</c><00:26:06.990><c> that</c>

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as<00:26:07.910><c> Jesus</c><00:26:08.390><c> showed</c><00:26:08.750><c> meekness</c><00:26:09.430><c> and</c><00:26:09.789><c> patience</c>

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to<00:26:10.470><c> those</c><00:26:10.809><c> who</c><00:26:11.210><c> came</c><00:26:11.849><c> to</c><00:26:12.069><c> him,</c><00:26:13.150><c> so</c><00:26:13.250><c> must</c><00:26:13.509><c> Timothy</c><00:26:14.029><c> even</c><00:26:14.430><c> to</c><00:26:14.670><c> those</c><00:26:15.029><c> who</c>

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oppose<00:26:15.750><c> him.</c>

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And<00:26:18.589><c> so</c><00:26:18.690><c> we</c><00:26:18.890><c> have</c><00:26:19.250><c> some</c><00:26:19.630><c> of</c><00:26:19.789><c> the</c><00:26:20.069><c> fatherly</c><00:26:20.549><c> advice</c><00:26:20.970><c> of</c><00:26:21.269><c> the</c><00:26:21.490><c> great</c><00:26:21.670><c> apostle</c><00:26:22.210><c> who</c>

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knew<00:26:23.089><c> that</c><00:26:23.390><c> death</c><00:26:23.589><c> was</c><00:26:23.970><c> near.</c>

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Paul<00:26:25.789><c> knew</c><00:26:26.009><c> that</c><00:26:26.210><c> he</c><00:26:26.329><c> would</c><00:26:27.009><c> leave</c><00:26:27.349><c> his</c><00:26:27.809><c> cell</c><00:26:28.309><c> for</c><00:26:28.890><c> only</c><00:26:29.150><c> one</c><00:26:29.390><c> reason,</c>

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to<00:26:30.970><c> be</c><00:26:31.130><c> executed,</c><00:26:32.529><c> and</c><00:26:32.769><c> that</c><00:26:33.029><c> that</c><00:26:33.309><c> time</c><00:26:33.549><c> was</c><00:26:33.930><c> near.</c>

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He<00:26:37.809><c> would</c><00:26:38.529><c> conclude</c><00:26:39.069><c> his</c><00:26:39.450><c> letter</c><00:26:39.710><c> to</c><00:26:39.950><c> Timothy</c><00:26:40.349><c> knowing</c><00:26:40.750><c> he</c><00:26:41.170><c> had</c><00:26:41.990><c> fought</c><00:26:42.170><c> a</c>

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good<00:26:42.450><c> fight,</c>

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finished<00:26:43.950><c> his</c><00:26:44.309><c> course,</c><00:26:45.589><c> kept</c><00:26:45.710><c> the</c><00:26:46.009><c> faith</c><00:26:46.450><c> that</c><00:26:47.690><c> there</c><00:26:48.009><c> was</c><00:26:48.289><c> laid</c><00:26:48.470><c> up</c>

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for<00:26:48.809><c> him</c><00:26:49.029><c> a</c><00:26:49.210><c> crown</c><00:26:49.410><c> of</c><00:26:49.690><c> righteousness</c>

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which<00:26:50.710><c> God</c><00:26:51.109><c> would</c><00:26:51.509><c> bestow</c><00:26:51.950><c> upon</c><00:26:52.329><c> him</c><00:26:53.009><c> at</c><00:26:53.369><c> the</c><00:26:53.529><c> day</c><00:26:53.710><c> of</c><00:26:53.970><c> judgment.</c>

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The<00:26:57.289><c> race</c><00:26:57.670><c> that</c><00:26:58.049><c> Paul</c><00:26:58.390><c> ran</c><00:26:58.809><c> did</c><00:26:59.069><c> not</c><00:26:59.329><c> have</c><00:26:59.529><c> just</c><00:26:59.869><c> one</c><00:27:00.190><c> winner,</c>

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where<00:27:01.710><c> he</c><00:27:01.869><c> says</c><00:27:02.009><c> that</c><00:27:02.309><c> all</c><00:27:02.529><c> that</c><00:27:02.809><c> finished</c><00:27:03.109><c> the</c><00:27:03.390><c> race</c><00:27:03.670><c> were</c><00:27:04.089><c> winners.</c>

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It's<00:27:05.269><c> like</c><00:27:05.549><c> the</c><00:27:05.890><c> marathon</c><00:27:06.390><c> on</c><00:27:06.710><c> Patriot's</c><00:27:07.309><c> Day.</c>

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Everyone<00:27:07.869><c> who</c><00:27:08.369><c> competes</c><00:27:08.809><c> the</c><00:27:09.390><c> 26</c><00:27:09.910><c>-mile,</c><00:27:10.650><c> 285</c><00:27:11.490><c>-yard</c><00:27:11.789><c> course</c><00:27:12.190><c> is</c>

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declared<00:27:13.109><c> a</c><00:27:13.369><c> winner,</c>

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regardless<00:27:14.630><c> of</c><00:27:15.349><c> his</c><00:27:15.630><c> or</c><00:27:15.990><c> her</c><00:27:16.309><c> time.</c>

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While<00:27:19.410><c> Paul</c><00:27:19.809><c> said</c><00:27:20.029><c> he</c><00:27:20.190><c> had</c><00:27:20.410><c> to</c><00:27:20.630><c> finish</c><00:27:20.890><c> the</c><00:27:21.170><c> course,</c><00:27:22.569><c> there</c><00:27:22.630><c> was</c><00:27:22.890><c> still</c><00:27:23.430><c> some</c><00:27:23.730><c> unpleasantness</c><00:27:24.529><c> for</c><00:27:24.750><c> him</c><00:27:24.930><c> to</c>

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go<00:27:25.269><c> through.</c>

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Where<00:27:27.349><c> he</c><00:27:27.549><c> says</c><00:27:27.670><c> in</c><00:27:27.930><c> the</c><00:27:28.049><c> concluding</c><00:27:28.589><c> chapter</c><00:27:29.009><c> of</c><00:27:29.230><c> this</c><00:27:29.490><c> letter,</c>

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at<00:27:31.670><c> my</c><00:27:31.970><c> first</c><00:27:32.309><c> answer,</c><00:27:33.549><c> no</c><00:27:33.710><c> man</c><00:27:34.009><c> stood</c><00:27:34.309><c> with</c><00:27:34.549><c> me,</c><00:27:35.609><c> but</c><00:27:35.809><c> all</c><00:27:36.089><c> men</c>

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forsook<00:27:36.710><c> me.</c>

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I<00:27:38.230><c> pray</c><00:27:38.450><c> God</c><00:27:38.750><c> that</c><00:27:38.910><c> it</c><00:27:39.170><c> may</c><00:27:39.369><c> not</c><00:27:39.710><c> be</c><00:27:39.970><c> laid</c><00:27:40.250><c> to</c><00:27:40.490><c> their</c><00:27:40.869><c> charge.</c>

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When<00:27:43.210><c> he</c><00:27:43.470><c> says,</c><00:27:44.230><c> at</c><00:27:44.349><c> my</c><00:27:44.730><c> first</c><00:27:45.109><c> answer,</c><00:27:46.170><c> he</c><00:27:46.390><c> must</c><00:27:46.650><c> have</c><00:27:46.809><c> been</c>

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referring<00:27:47.410><c> to</c><00:27:47.710><c> the</c><00:27:47.970><c> time</c><00:27:48.190><c> when</c><00:27:48.490><c> charges</c><00:27:48.950><c> were</c><00:27:49.329><c> initially</c>

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made<00:27:50.109><c> against</c><00:27:50.490><c> him.</c>

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And<00:27:52.690><c> at</c><00:27:52.930><c> that</c><00:27:53.190><c> time,</c><00:27:53.589><c> Paul</c><00:27:53.690><c> had</c><00:27:53.930><c> no</c><00:27:54.210><c> witnesses</c><00:27:54.730><c> to</c><00:27:55.009><c> vouch</c><00:27:55.170><c> for</c><00:27:55.470><c> him.</c>

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Not<00:27:56.990><c> even</c><00:27:57.210><c> his</c><00:27:57.529><c> friends</c><00:27:57.789><c> would</c><00:27:58.109><c> testify</c><00:27:58.690><c> on</c><00:27:58.950><c> his</c><00:27:59.269><c> behalf.</c>

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But<00:28:02.789><c> he</c><00:28:02.930><c> was</c><00:28:03.150><c> never</c><00:28:03.369><c> really</c><00:28:03.789><c> alone,</c><00:28:05.769><c> for</c><00:28:05.869><c> there</c><00:28:06.109><c> was</c><00:28:06.349><c> an</c><00:28:06.650><c> unseen</c><00:28:07.029><c> advocate</c><00:28:07.589><c> that</c>

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stood<00:28:08.170><c> by</c><00:28:08.529><c> Paul,</c>

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for<00:28:10.049><c> he</c><00:28:10.289><c> says,</c><00:28:11.589><c> notwithstanding,</c><00:28:13.230><c> the</c><00:28:13.369><c> Lord</c><00:28:13.690><c> stood</c><00:28:14.049><c> with</c><00:28:14.369><c> me</c>

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and<00:28:15.210><c> strengthened</c><00:28:15.630><c> me.</c>

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At<00:28:18.150><c> the</c><00:28:18.349><c> lowest</c><00:28:18.569><c> point</c><00:28:18.869><c> in</c><00:28:19.049><c> his</c><00:28:19.289><c> life,</c><00:28:19.509><c> facing</c><00:28:19.950><c> a</c><00:28:20.289><c> hostile</c><00:28:20.849><c> court</c><00:28:21.309><c> that</c><00:28:21.910><c> probably</c><00:28:22.329><c> condemned</c><00:28:22.789><c> him</c>

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to<00:28:23.250><c> death,</c>

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he<00:28:24.589><c> could</c><00:28:24.829><c> take</c><00:28:25.430><c> heart</c><00:28:25.930><c> that</c><00:28:26.289><c> he</c><00:28:26.470><c> was</c><00:28:26.690><c> not</c><00:28:26.950><c> alone.</c>

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While<00:28:29.410><c> there</c><00:28:29.609><c> were</c><00:28:29.769><c> no</c><00:28:30.009><c> words</c><00:28:30.390><c> exchanged,</c><00:28:31.809><c> in</c><00:28:32.009><c> his</c><00:28:32.369><c> mind,</c>

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