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dwells<00:14:16.419><c> bodily,</c>

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in<00:14:45.620><c> Christ</c>

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It's<00:14:52.799><c> about</c><00:14:52.980><c> his</c><00:14:53.259><c> love</c><00:14:53.440><c> and</c><00:14:53.639><c> mercy</c><00:14:53.840><c> that</c><00:14:54.059><c> allows</c><00:14:54.320><c> us</c><00:14:54.940><c> to</c><00:14:55.440><c> be</c><00:14:55.639><c> in</c><00:14:55.919><c> Christ.</c>

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Well,<00:16:13.600><c> you</c><00:16:13.639><c> do</c><00:16:13.820><c> unto</c><00:16:13.940><c> the</c><00:16:14.139><c> least</c><00:16:14.259><c> of</c><00:16:14.379><c> these,</c><00:16:14.559><c> my</c><00:16:14.740><c> brethren,</c><00:16:15.039><c> you</c><00:16:15.179><c> do</c>

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And<00:18:00.259><c> we</c><00:18:00.880><c> call</c><00:18:01.220><c> them</c><00:18:02.019><c> brethren</c><00:18:02.519><c> in</c><00:18:02.799><c> Christ.</c>

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the<00:18:23.259><c> cross?</c>

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and<00:18:43.839><c> mercy?</c>

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yet<00:19:52.079><c> Christ</c><00:19:52.359><c> was</c><00:19:52.599><c> raised</c><00:19:52.759><c> from</c><00:19:52.940><c> the</c><00:19:53.099><c> dead.</c>

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done<00:20:52.619><c> for</c><00:20:52.859><c> you.</c>

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