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to</c><00:20:20.039><c> those</c><00:20:20.640><c> around</c><00:20:21.119><c> us.</c> 00:20:24.339 --> 00:20:28.819 x I<00:20:24.500><c> want</c><00:20:24.579><c> to</c><00:20:24.680><c> close</c><00:20:24.839><c> by</c><00:20:25.039><c> reading</c><00:20:25.380><c> from</c><00:20:25.920><c> 2</c><00:20:26.160><c> Corinthians</c><00:20:26.539><c> 4</c><00:20:26.859><c> verses</c><00:20:27.119><c> 16</c><00:20:27.579><c> to</c><00:20:27.740><c> 18.</c> 00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:33.680 x In<00:20:31.400><c> 2</c><00:20:31.599><c> Corinthians</c><00:20:31.920><c> 4</c><00:20:32.200><c> verses</c><00:20:32.380><c> 16</c><00:20:32.740><c> to</c><00:20:32.900><c> 18,</c><00:20:33.140><c> I</c><00:20:33.140><c> think</c><00:20:33.279><c> passages</c> 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:35.920 x we're<00:20:33.859><c> fairly</c><00:20:34.119><c> familiar</c><00:20:34.440><c> with,</c><00:20:34.660><c> Paul</c><00:20:34.920><c> says,</c> 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:38.019 x Therefore<00:20:36.319><c> 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