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Back<00:16:20.289><c> in</c><00:16:20.490><c> 1</c><00:16:20.750><c> Corinthians</c><00:16:21.350><c> we</c><00:16:21.629><c> see</c><00:16:21.870><c> Paul</c><00:16:22.289><c> actually</c><00:16:23.009><c> living</c><00:16:23.330><c> the</c><00:16:23.669><c> exhortation.</c>

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Today<00:16:31.750><c> the</c><00:16:32.169><c> New</c><00:16:32.389><c> Testament</c><00:16:32.750><c> readings</c><00:16:33.129><c> bring</c><00:16:33.370><c> us</c><00:16:33.649><c> to</c><00:16:33.830><c> 1</c><00:16:34.090><c> Corinthians</c><00:16:34.590><c> chapter</c><00:16:35.009><c> 8</c><00:16:35.330><c> and</c><00:16:35.429><c> 9.</c>

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And<00:16:36.750><c> it's</c><00:16:36.970><c> in</c><00:16:37.110><c> chapter</c><00:16:37.370><c> 8</c><00:16:37.649><c> that</c><00:16:37.870><c> Paul</c><00:16:38.110><c> writes</c><00:16:38.409><c> to</c><00:16:38.690><c> the</c><00:16:38.929><c> Ecclesia</c><00:16:39.429><c> about</c>

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eating<00:16:40.129><c> food</c><00:16:40.570><c> that</c><00:16:40.730><c> has</c><00:16:40.929><c> been</c><00:16:41.169><c> sacrificed</c><00:16:41.950><c> to</c><00:16:42.549><c> idols.</c>

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But<00:16:44.009><c> more</c><00:16:44.250><c> importantly</c><00:16:44.710><c> what</c><00:16:44.909><c> he's</c><00:16:45.149><c> talking</c><00:16:45.509><c> about</c><00:16:45.830><c> in</c><00:16:46.009><c> this</c>

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letter<00:16:46.490><c> is</c><00:16:46.730><c> how</c><00:16:47.110><c> that</c><00:16:47.450><c> action,</c>

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how<00:16:48.470><c> eating</c><00:16:48.850><c> food</c><00:16:49.250><c> that</c><00:16:49.490><c> has</c><00:16:49.730><c> been</c><00:16:49.970><c> sacrificed</c><00:16:50.649><c> to</c><00:16:50.990><c> idols,</c>

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but<00:17:06.309><c> really</c><00:17:06.690><c> what</c><00:17:06.809><c> he's</c><00:17:07.049><c> talking</c><00:17:07.430><c> about</c><00:17:07.869><c> is</c><00:17:08.569><c> how</c><00:17:09.289><c> that</c><00:17:09.950><c> action</c>

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of<00:17:13.509><c> some</c><00:17:13.569><c> of</c><00:17:13.690><c> the</c><00:17:13.869><c> members.</c>

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Paul<00:17:15.490><c> points</c><00:17:15.809><c> out</c><00:17:16.069><c> that</c><00:17:16.210><c> there's</c><00:17:16.650><c> absolutely</c><00:17:17.089><c> nothing</c><00:17:17.450><c> wrong</c>

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was<00:17:31.750><c> surrounding</c><00:17:32.289><c> that</c><00:17:32.650><c> city.</c>

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who<00:17:37.470><c> came</c><00:17:37.869><c> from</c><00:17:38.089><c> that</c><00:17:38.509><c> atmosphere.</c>

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And<00:17:40.710><c> I</c><00:17:41.150><c> believe</c><00:17:41.410><c> that</c><00:17:41.589><c> for</c><00:17:41.849><c> some</c><00:17:42.049><c> of</c><00:17:42.250><c> those</c><00:17:42.470><c> members,</c><00:17:43.809><c> particularly</c><00:17:44.430><c> those</c>

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who<00:17:45.250><c> formerly</c><00:17:45.650><c> worshiped</c><00:17:46.410><c> idols,</c>

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And<00:17:56.329><c> because</c><00:17:56.569><c> of</c><00:17:56.730><c> this</c><00:17:56.849><c> Paul</c><00:17:57.170><c> exhorts</c><00:17:57.630><c> the</c><00:17:57.930><c> Ecclesia</c><00:17:58.329><c> to</c><00:17:58.650><c> avoid</c><00:17:59.130><c> the</c>

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practice<00:17:59.750><c> for</c><00:17:59.990><c> the</c><00:18:00.210><c> sake</c><00:18:00.349><c> of</c><00:18:00.529><c> the</c><00:18:00.690><c> weak.</c>

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Now<00:18:03.029><c> let's</c><00:18:03.349><c> look</c><00:18:03.630><c> at</c><00:18:04.430><c> chapter</c><00:18:04.750><c> 8,</c><00:18:05.250><c> 1</c><00:18:05.450><c> Corinthians</c><00:18:05.869><c> chapter</c><00:18:06.309><c> 8</c>

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verse<00:18:07.009><c> 7.</c>

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such<00:18:20.710><c> food,</c>

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they<00:18:21.309><c> think</c><00:18:21.490><c> of</c><00:18:21.609><c> it</c><00:18:21.769><c> as</c><00:18:21.970><c> having</c><00:18:22.170><c> been</c><00:18:22.490><c> sacrificed</c><00:18:23.150><c> to</c><00:18:23.369><c> an</c><00:18:23.650><c> idol.</c>

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And<00:18:24.809><c> since</c><00:18:25.049><c> their</c><00:18:25.390><c> conscience</c><00:18:25.809><c> is</c><00:18:26.170><c> weak,</c><00:18:26.430><c> it</c><00:18:26.609><c> is</c><00:18:26.930><c> defiled.</c>

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But<00:18:28.390><c> food</c><00:18:28.769><c> does</c><00:18:29.049><c> not</c><00:18:29.250><c> bring</c><00:18:29.390><c> us</c><00:18:29.670><c> near</c><00:18:29.869><c> to</c><00:18:30.130><c> God.</c>

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We<00:18:30.910><c> are</c><00:18:31.190><c> no</c><00:18:31.430><c> worse</c><00:18:31.690><c> if</c><00:18:31.890><c> we</c><00:18:32.049><c> do</c><00:18:32.250><c> not</c><00:18:32.490><c> eat,</c><00:18:33.109><c> and</c><00:18:33.309><c> no</c><00:18:33.490><c> better</c><00:18:33.690><c> if</c><00:18:33.910><c> we</c><00:18:34.109><c> do.</c>

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stumbling<00:18:41.069><c> block</c><00:18:41.509><c> to</c><00:18:41.710><c> the</c><00:18:41.910><c> weak.</c>

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For<00:18:43.069><c> if</c><00:18:43.349><c> anyone</c><00:18:43.630><c> with</c><00:18:43.910><c> a</c><00:18:44.049><c> weak</c><00:18:44.230><c> conscience</c><00:18:44.869><c> sees</c><00:18:45.430><c> you</c><00:18:45.970><c> who</c><00:18:46.190><c> have</c><00:18:46.410><c> this</c><00:18:46.690><c> knowledge</c><00:18:47.069><c> eating</c><00:18:47.430><c> in</c>

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won't<00:18:49.329><c> he</c><00:18:49.650><c> be</c><00:18:49.910><c> emboldened</c><00:18:50.509><c> to</c><00:18:50.789><c> eat</c><00:18:51.089><c> what</c><00:18:51.589><c> has</c><00:18:51.849><c> been</c><00:18:52.049><c> sacrificed</c><00:18:52.750><c> to</c><00:18:53.089><c> idols?</c>

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So<00:18:54.509><c> this</c><00:18:54.890><c> weak</c><00:18:55.190><c> brother</c><00:18:55.690><c> for</c><00:18:56.289><c> whom</c><00:18:56.690><c> Christ</c><00:18:57.250><c> died</c><00:18:57.750><c> is</c><00:18:58.210><c> destroyed</c><00:18:58.990><c> by</c><00:18:59.789><c> your</c><00:19:00.089><c> knowledge.</c>

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I<00:19:10.049><c> read</c><00:19:10.269><c> through</c><00:19:10.589><c> this</c><00:19:10.849><c> chapter,</c>

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and<00:19:13.309><c> that</c><00:19:13.549><c> last</c><00:19:13.930><c> verse</c><00:19:14.309><c> that</c><00:19:14.529><c> we</c><00:19:14.730><c> read,</c><00:19:14.930><c> verse</c><00:19:15.230><c> 11,</c>

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just<00:19:17.009><c> made</c><00:19:17.329><c> a</c><00:19:17.750><c> tremendous</c><00:19:18.190><c> impression</c><00:19:18.809><c> on</c><00:19:19.049><c> me.</c>

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Specifically<00:19:20.829><c> the</c><00:19:21.269><c> words</c><00:19:21.569><c> that</c><00:19:21.930><c> say,</c><00:19:22.509><c> this</c><00:19:22.509><c> weak</c><00:19:22.869><c> brother</c>

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Brothers<00:19:35.190><c> and</c><00:19:35.450><c> sisters,</c><00:19:35.930><c> we</c><00:19:35.930><c> will</c><00:19:36.289><c> very</c><00:19:36.690><c> soon,</c><00:19:37.390><c> God</c><00:19:37.750><c> willing,</c>

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participate<00:19:39.529><c> in</c><00:19:40.609><c> the</c><00:19:40.809><c> Lord's</c><00:19:41.250><c> Supper.</c>

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And<00:19:42.869><c> as</c><00:19:43.170><c> we</c><00:19:43.369><c> do</c><00:19:43.630><c> so,</c><00:19:44.089><c> I</c><00:19:44.089><c> think</c><00:19:44.309><c> it</c><00:19:44.450><c> would</c><00:19:44.690><c> be</c><00:19:44.950><c> helpful,</c>

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I<00:19:46.569><c> know</c><00:19:46.750><c> it's</c><00:19:46.910><c> helpful</c><00:19:47.250><c> for</c><00:19:47.549><c> me,</c>

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I<00:20:06.480><c> think</c><00:20:06.680><c> of</c><00:20:06.779><c> him</c><00:20:07.059><c> dying</c><00:20:07.400><c> for</c><00:20:07.819><c> all</c><00:20:08.160><c> of</c><00:20:08.240><c> us.</c>

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And<00:20:14.099><c> that</c><00:20:14.259><c> he</c><00:20:14.440><c> did.</c>

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Jesus<00:20:19.400><c> Christ</c><00:20:20.460><c> did</c><00:20:21.000><c> not</c><00:20:21.380><c> die</c><00:20:22.059><c> for</c><00:20:22.579><c> a</c><00:20:22.799><c> group</c><00:20:23.319><c> of</c><00:20:23.819><c> people.</c>

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Our<00:20:25.859><c> Lord</c><00:20:26.119><c> and</c><00:20:26.400><c> Savior</c><00:20:26.700><c> died</c><00:20:27.359><c> for</c><00:20:27.960><c> individuals.</c>

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And<00:20:38.980><c> Jesus</c><00:20:39.380><c> Christ,</c><00:20:39.859><c> the</c><00:20:39.960><c> Son</c><00:20:40.200><c> of</c><00:20:40.319><c> God,</c><00:20:40.920><c> died</c><00:20:40.960><c> for</c><00:20:41.259><c> you.</c>

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We<00:20:45.720><c> are</c><00:20:46.240><c> each</c><00:20:47.299><c> individually</c><00:20:48.779><c> important.</c>

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I<00:20:55.940><c> think</c><00:20:56.140><c> at</c><00:20:56.299><c> this</c><00:20:56.519><c> point</c><00:20:56.700><c> it's</c><00:20:57.000><c> important</c><00:20:57.380><c> to</c><00:20:57.619><c> remember</c><00:20:57.880><c> that</c>

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while<00:20:58.400><c> Christ</c><00:20:58.759><c> died</c><00:20:59.180><c> for</c><00:20:59.500><c> you</c><00:21:00.000><c> and</c><00:21:01.279><c> for</c><00:21:01.579><c> me,</c>

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he<00:21:04.279><c> also</c><00:21:04.740><c> died</c><00:21:05.099><c> for</c><00:21:05.680><c> all</c><00:21:06.099><c> of</c><00:21:06.359><c> those</c><00:21:06.660><c> who</c><00:21:06.940><c> have</c><00:21:07.200><c> not</c><00:21:07.559><c> yet</c><00:21:07.839><c> even</c><00:21:08.579><c> heard.</c>

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yet<00:21:15.380><c> called</c><00:21:15.880><c> on</c><00:21:16.259><c> his</c><00:21:16.579><c> name,</c>

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but<00:21:16.980><c> might</c><00:21:17.380><c> call</c><00:21:17.740><c> on</c><00:21:17.900><c> his</c><00:21:18.200><c> name.</c>

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just<00:21:22.819><c> for</c><00:21:23.619><c> our</c><00:21:23.880><c> brothers</c><00:21:24.140><c> and</c><00:21:24.460><c> sisters,</c>

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but<00:21:26.359><c> for</c><00:21:26.619><c> everyone.</c>

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So<00:21:27.819><c> that</c><00:21:28.119><c> everyone</c><00:21:28.460><c> might</c><00:21:28.799><c> have</c><00:21:29.500><c> hearing</c><00:21:29.859><c> ears.</c>

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An<00:21:31.500><c> opportunity</c><00:21:32.220><c> to</c><00:21:33.119><c> hear</c><00:21:33.740><c> the</c><00:21:34.319><c> good</c><00:21:34.539><c> news.</c>

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And<00:21:36.039><c> to</c><00:21:36.279><c> turn</c><00:21:36.599><c> and</c><00:21:36.900><c> call</c><00:21:37.200><c> upon</c><00:21:37.500><c> the</c><00:21:37.700><c> name</c><00:21:38.000><c> of</c><00:21:38.240><c> our</c><00:21:38.400><c> Lord</c><00:21:38.640><c> Jesus</c><00:21:39.099><c> Christ.</c>

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Now<00:21:41.859><c> brothers</c><00:21:42.099><c> and</c><00:21:42.359><c> sisters,</c><00:21:42.660><c> do</c><00:21:42.839><c> you</c><00:21:42.900><c> remember</c><00:21:43.180><c> when</c><00:21:43.380><c> we</c><00:21:43.559><c> were</c><00:21:43.759><c> reading</c><00:21:44.180><c> about</c><00:21:44.579><c> Paul's</c><00:21:45.220><c> journeys</c><00:21:45.640><c> in</c><00:21:46.720><c> Corinth?</c>

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We<00:21:48.339><c> were</c><00:21:48.539><c> looking</c><00:21:48.759><c> at</c><00:21:49.019><c> Acts</c><00:21:49.359><c> chapter</c><00:21:49.799><c> 18.</c>

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And<00:21:52.140><c> we</c><00:21:52.259><c> were</c><00:21:52.460><c> looking</c><00:21:52.779><c> and</c><00:21:53.220><c> talking</c><00:21:53.779><c> about</c><00:21:54.180><c> the</c><00:21:54.619><c> strong</c><00:21:54.880><c> opposition</c><00:21:55.500><c> that</c>

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he<00:21:56.079><c> faced</c><00:21:56.460><c> from</c><00:21:57.299><c> the</c><00:21:57.700><c> synagogue</c><00:21:58.279><c> members.</c>

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And<00:22:01.380><c> as</c><00:22:01.539><c> we</c><00:22:01.700><c> read</c><00:22:01.839><c> through,</c><00:22:02.359><c> we</c><00:22:02.559><c> read</c><00:22:02.819><c> about</c><00:22:03.240><c> the</c><00:22:03.740><c> experience</c>

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that<00:22:04.559><c> Paul</c><00:22:04.880><c> had</c><00:22:05.400><c> at</c><00:22:06.079><c> court.</c>

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Where<00:22:07.900><c> some</c><00:22:08.480><c> of</c><00:22:08.619><c> them</c><00:22:08.740><c> brought</c><00:22:09.000><c> him</c><00:22:09.200><c> to</c><00:22:09.559><c> court.</c>

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Well,<00:22:11.819><c> the</c><00:22:11.980><c> chief</c><00:22:12.319><c> ruler,</c><00:22:12.920><c> the</c><00:22:13.200><c> synagogue</c><00:22:13.660><c> ruler</c><00:22:14.279><c> at</c><00:22:14.680><c> that</c><00:22:14.960><c> time</c><00:22:15.220><c> in</c>

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Corinth<00:22:15.799><c> was</c><00:22:16.079><c> a</c><00:22:16.259><c> man</c><00:22:16.460><c> by</c><00:22:16.720><c> the</c><00:22:16.779><c> name</c><00:22:16.980><c> of</c><00:22:17.359><c> Sosthenes.</c>

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You<00:22:19.480><c> recall</c><00:22:19.940><c> that</c><00:22:20.980><c> when</c><00:22:21.500><c> we</c><00:22:21.740><c> read</c><00:22:21.859><c> his</c><00:22:22.140><c> name,</c><00:22:22.400><c> I</c><00:22:22.480><c> said,</c><00:22:22.759><c> remember</c><00:22:23.180><c> that</c><00:22:23.559><c> name.</c>

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Well,<00:22:26.460><c> I</c><00:22:26.880><c> believe</c><00:22:27.440><c> that</c><00:22:28.180><c> the</c><00:22:28.420><c> Apostle</c><00:22:28.880><c> Paul</c><00:22:29.339><c> prayed</c><00:22:29.839><c> for</c><00:22:30.140><c> that</c><00:22:30.420><c> man,</c>

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despite<00:22:32.079><c> the</c><00:22:32.819><c> evil</c><00:22:33.099><c> intentions</c><00:22:33.880><c> that</c><00:22:34.220><c> he</c><00:22:34.400><c> had</c><00:22:34.720><c> toward</c><00:22:35.000><c> Paul.</c>

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Now<00:22:37.299><c> what</c><00:22:37.599><c> evidence</c><00:22:37.960><c> do</c><00:22:38.220><c> we</c><00:22:38.460><c> have?</c>

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I<00:22:40.619><c> think</c><00:22:40.799><c> the</c><00:22:41.099><c> evidence</c><00:22:41.359><c> is</c><00:22:41.619><c> pretty</c><00:22:41.960><c> strong.</c>

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And<00:22:42.500><c> I'd</c><00:22:42.680><c> like</c><00:22:42.799><c> you</c><00:22:42.960><c> to</c><00:22:43.140><c> turn</c><00:22:43.359><c> with</c><00:22:43.559><c> me</c><00:22:43.720><c> to</c><00:22:43.980><c> 1</c><00:22:44.099><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:44.640><c> chapter</c><00:22:45.200><c> 1.</c>

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1<00:22:55.539><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:56.059><c> chapter</c><00:22:56.480><c> 1,</c><00:22:57.119><c> verse</c><00:22:57.460><c> 1.</c>

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We<00:22:57.960><c> read</c><00:22:58.559><c> of</c><00:22:59.380><c> Paul's</c><00:23:00.359><c> salutation,</c><00:23:01.119><c> his</c><00:23:01.319><c> opening</c><00:23:01.740><c> remarks.</c>

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Now<00:23:04.339><c> who</c><00:23:04.460><c> wrote</c><00:23:04.680><c> the</c><00:23:04.880><c> letter?</c>

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Paul,<00:23:06.680><c> called</c><00:23:07.079><c> to</c><00:23:07.259><c> be</c><00:23:07.480><c> an</c><00:23:07.700><c> apostle</c><00:23:08.140><c> of</c><00:23:08.400><c> Christ</c><00:23:08.799><c> Jesus</c><00:23:09.200><c> by</c><00:23:09.440><c> the</c>

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will<00:23:09.700><c> of</c><00:23:09.980><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:12.720><c> our</c><00:23:13.500><c> brother,</c><00:23:15.019><c> Sosthenes.</c>

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Our<00:23:18.839><c> Lord</c><00:23:19.099><c> Jesus</c><00:23:19.599><c> Christ</c><00:23:20.220><c> died</c><00:23:20.900><c> for</c><00:23:22.140><c> that</c><00:23:22.440><c> man.</c>

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Sosthenes,<00:23:25.700><c> our</c><00:23:25.819><c> Lord</c><00:23:26.079><c> Jesus</c><00:23:26.640><c> Christ</c><00:23:27.220><c> died</c><00:23:27.759><c> for</c><00:23:28.279><c> you.</c>

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Our<00:23:31.279><c> Lord</c><00:23:31.480><c> Jesus</c><00:23:31.960><c> Christ</c><00:23:32.440><c> died</c><00:23:32.920><c> for</c><00:23:33.500><c> me.</c>

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And<00:23:35.640><c> so</c><00:23:35.880><c> in</c><00:23:36.099><c> conclusion</c><00:23:36.579><c> brothers</c><00:23:36.940><c> and</c><00:23:37.240><c> sisters,</c><00:23:37.599><c> let</c><00:23:37.819><c> our</c><00:23:38.140><c> daily</c><00:23:38.480><c> prayer</c><00:23:38.960><c> be</c>

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patterned<00:23:40.359><c> after</c><00:23:40.619><c> Paul's.</c>

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When<00:23:42.200><c> he</c><00:23:42.400><c> says</c><00:23:42.640><c> in</c><00:23:42.839><c> verse</c><00:23:43.099><c> 4,</c><00:23:44.660><c> I</c><00:23:44.880><c> always</c><00:23:45.480><c> thank</c><00:23:45.859><c> God</c><00:23:46.319><c> for</c><00:23:46.660><c> you</c>

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because<00:23:48.059><c> of</c><00:23:48.279><c> his</c><00:23:48.480><c> grace</c><00:23:49.400><c> given</c><00:23:50.099><c> you</c><00:23:50.900><c> in</c><00:23:51.359><c> Christ</c><00:23:51.660><c> Jesus.</c>