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might<00:16:38.879><c> be</c><00:16:39.179><c> preserved</c><00:16:39.659><c> for</c><00:16:40.120><c> you.</c>

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Now<00:16:42.000><c> here's</c><00:16:42.279><c> the</c><00:16:42.539><c> irony,</c><00:16:42.980><c> the</c><00:16:43.200><c> dichotomy</c><00:16:43.659><c> of</c><00:16:44.039><c> Paul</c><00:16:44.500><c> being</c><00:16:44.820><c> a</c>

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his<00:16:47.879><c> peers.</c>

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to<00:17:09.119><c> wash</c><00:17:09.319><c> your</c><00:17:09.599><c> hands,</c><00:17:10.599><c> but</c><00:17:10.880><c> of</c><00:17:11.099><c> course</c><00:17:11.259><c> the</c><00:17:11.380><c> principle</c><00:17:11.680><c> of</c><00:17:11.940><c> circumcision.</c>

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but<00:17:18.920><c> culturally</c><00:17:19.559><c> ingrained</c>

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yet<00:17:40.799><c> we</c><00:17:41.000><c> know</c><00:17:41.220><c> that</c><00:17:41.400><c> a</c><00:17:41.559><c> person</c><00:17:41.759><c> is</c><00:17:42.000><c> not</c>

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no<00:17:55.460><c> one</c><00:17:55.640><c> will</c><00:17:55.819><c> be</c><00:17:56.000><c> justified.</c>

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Certainly<00:18:05.380><c> not,</c><00:18:06.240><c> for</c><00:18:06.339><c> if</c><00:18:06.519><c> I</c><00:18:06.700><c> rebuild</c><00:18:07.000><c> what</c><00:18:07.200><c> I</c><00:18:07.359><c> tore</c><00:18:07.480><c> down,</c><00:18:08.039><c> I</c><00:18:08.359><c> prove</c><00:18:08.539><c> myself</c><00:18:09.220><c> to</c><00:18:09.599><c> be</c><00:18:09.779><c> a</c><00:18:09.900><c> transgressor.</c>

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It<00:18:25.799><c> is</c><00:18:25.980><c> no</c><00:18:26.160><c> longer</c><00:18:26.420><c> I</c><00:18:26.960><c> who</c><00:18:27.259><c> live,</c><00:18:27.819><c> but</c><00:18:28.079><c> Christ</c><00:18:28.420><c> who</c><00:18:28.680><c> lives</c><00:18:29.000><c> in</c><00:18:29.380><c> me.</c>

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Paul<00:18:52.900><c> doubles</c><00:18:53.200><c> down</c><00:18:53.460><c> on</c><00:18:53.599><c> this</c><00:18:53.740><c> again</c><00:18:54.539><c> in</c><00:18:54.900><c> Galatians</c><00:18:55.819><c> chapter</c>

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5,<00:18:57.279><c> starting</c><00:18:57.579><c> in</c><00:18:57.759><c> verse</c><00:18:58.000><c> 1.</c>

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Again<00:19:03.099><c> in</c><00:19:03.299><c> the</c><00:19:03.460><c> ESV,</c><00:19:04.599><c> for</c><00:19:04.740><c> freedom</c><00:19:05.220><c> Christ</c><00:19:05.640><c> has</c><00:19:05.900><c> set</c><00:19:06.039><c> us</c><00:19:06.319><c> free.</c>

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Stand<00:19:07.920><c> firm</c><00:19:08.380><c> therefore,</c><00:19:09.299><c> and</c><00:19:09.380><c> do</c><00:19:09.640><c> not</c><00:19:09.839><c> submit</c><00:19:10.099><c> again</c><00:19:10.400><c> to</c><00:19:10.579><c> a</c><00:19:10.740><c> yoke</c><00:19:10.880><c> of</c><00:19:11.099><c> slavery.</c>

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Look,<00:19:13.000><c> I,</c><00:19:13.779><c> Paul,</c><00:19:14.660><c> say</c><00:19:14.920><c> to</c><00:19:15.079><c> you</c><00:19:15.359><c> that</c><00:19:15.599><c> if</c><00:19:15.859><c> you</c><00:19:16.119><c> accept</c><00:19:16.400><c> circumcision,</c><00:19:17.420><c> Christ</c>

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will<00:19:17.900><c> be</c><00:19:18.039><c> of</c><00:19:18.140><c> no</c><00:19:18.319><c> advantage</c>

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to<00:19:18.900><c> you.</c>

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that<00:19:22.940><c> he</c><00:19:23.160><c> is</c><00:19:23.339><c> obligated</c><00:19:23.779><c> to</c><00:19:24.019><c> keep</c><00:19:24.259><c> the</c><00:19:24.779><c> whole</c><00:19:25.400><c> law.</c>

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You<00:19:27.559><c> are</c><00:19:27.920><c> severed</c><00:19:28.279><c> from</c><00:19:28.460><c> Christ.</c>

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You<00:19:29.819><c> who</c><00:19:30.180><c> would</c><00:19:30.359><c> be</c><00:19:30.579><c> justified</c><00:19:30.980><c> by</c><00:19:31.200><c> the</c><00:19:31.359><c> law,</c><00:19:31.740><c> you</c><00:19:31.880><c> have</c><00:19:32.180><c> fallen</c><00:19:32.400><c> away</c>

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from<00:19:32.960><c> grace.</c>

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all<00:29:48.880><c> things?</c>

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Who<00:29:57.680><c> is</c><00:29:57.900><c> to</c><00:29:58.059><c> condemn?</c>

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Shall<00:30:13.759><c> tribulation,</c><00:30:14.519><c> or</c><00:30:14.599><c> distress,</c><00:30:15.140><c> or</c><00:30:15.279><c> persecution,</c><00:30:15.940><c> or</c><00:30:16.160><c> famine,</c><00:30:16.519><c> or</c>

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nakedness,<00:30:17.119><c> or</c><00:30:17.259><c> danger,</c><00:30:17.660><c> or</c><00:30:17.839><c> sword?</c>

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rulers,<00:30:43.619><c> nor</c><00:30:43.700><c> things</c><00:30:44.000><c> present,</c><00:30:44.720><c> nor</c><00:30:44.839><c> things</c><00:30:45.119><c> to</c><00:30:45.400><c> come,</c><00:30:45.900><c> nor</c>

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powers,<00:30:46.839><c> nor</c><00:30:47.039><c> height,</c><00:30:47.640><c> nor</c><00:30:47.799><c> depth,</c><00:30:48.539><c> nor</c><00:30:48.619><c> anything</c><00:30:49.160><c> else</c><00:30:49.619><c> in</c>

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and<00:31:23.200><c> that</c><00:31:23.500><c> you</c><00:31:24.319><c> may</c><00:31:24.619><c> continue</c><00:31:25.240><c> to</c><00:31:25.660><c> believe</c><00:31:26.059><c> in</c><00:31:26.599><c> the</c><00:31:26.779><c> name</c><00:31:27.359><c> of</c>

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