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thence.<00:16:43.759><c> So</c><00:16:44.360><c> they</c><00:16:44.700><c> were</c><00:16:45.039><c> to</c><00:16:45.340><c> be</c><00:16:45.659><c> maintained</c><00:16:46.500><c> by</c><00:16:46.980><c> those</c><00:16:47.480><c> who</c>

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benefited<00:16:48.360><c> from</c><00:16:48.779><c> their</c><00:16:49.039><c> services.</c>

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doing.<00:17:02.840><c> And</c><00:17:03.200><c> even</c><00:17:03.419><c> our</c><00:17:03.659><c> Lord</c><00:17:03.860><c> himself</c><00:17:04.579><c> benefited</c><00:17:05.160><c> from</c><00:17:05.460><c> the</c>

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substance.<00:17:19.099><c> This</c><00:17:19.400><c> means,</c><00:17:20.039><c> in</c><00:17:20.359><c> simple</c><00:17:20.599><c> English,</c><00:17:21.079><c> that</c><00:17:21.279><c> he</c><00:17:21.940><c> and</c>

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assets.<00:17:32.980><c> So</c><00:17:33.220><c> the</c><00:17:33.359><c> principle</c><00:17:34.059><c> that</c><00:17:34.460><c> the</c><00:17:34.779><c> labourer</c><00:17:35.359><c> is</c><00:17:35.640><c> worthy</c>

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Scripture.<00:18:03.359><c> So</c><00:18:03.940><c> when</c><00:18:05.119><c> our</c><00:18:05.359><c> brethren</c><00:18:05.619><c> go</c><00:18:05.900><c> to</c><00:18:06.079><c> the</c><00:18:06.220><c> mission</c><00:18:06.480><c> areas,</c><00:18:06.940><c> it's</c><00:18:07.240><c> perfectly</c><00:18:07.599><c> right</c><00:18:07.940><c> and</c>

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Jews<00:25:52.839><c> of</c><00:25:53.039><c> the</c><00:25:53.359><c> dispersion</c><00:25:54.579><c> and</c>

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very<00:26:03.079><c> brief</c><00:26:03.359><c> digression</c><00:26:03.940><c> at</c><00:26:04.140><c> this</c><00:26:04.400><c> point</c><00:26:04.599><c> on</c><00:26:04.900><c> the</c><00:26:05.039><c> subject</c><00:26:05.460><c> of</c>

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be<00:26:09.480><c> speaking</c><00:26:09.839><c> on</c><00:26:10.420><c> which</c>

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source.<00:26:50.039><c> The</c><00:26:50.339><c> writers</c><00:26:50.660><c> are</c><00:26:51.079><c> quoting</c><00:26:51.539><c> from</c><00:26:52.079><c> the</c><00:26:52.319><c> Septuagint.</c>

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I'm<00:27:00.680><c> sure</c><00:27:00.900><c> Brother</c><00:27:01.180><c> Tech</c><00:27:01.400><c> will</c>

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heritage.<00:28:01.680><c> Mighty</c><00:28:02.240><c> in</c><00:28:02.480><c> the</c>

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I<00:29:03.769><c> mentioned</c><00:29:04.250><c> to</c><00:29:04.650><c> you</c><00:29:04.829><c> on</c>

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Tuesday<00:29:05.430><c> night.</c><00:29:06.529><c> There</c><00:29:06.569><c> was</c><00:29:06.690><c> a</c><00:29:06.829><c> very</c><00:29:07.170><c> powerful</c><00:29:07.750><c> speaker</c><00:29:08.150><c> with</c>

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a<00:29:08.549><c> wonderful</c><00:29:08.990><c> command</c><00:29:09.450><c> of</c>

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English.<00:29:11.930><c> Real</c><00:29:12.250><c> Bible</c><00:29:12.710><c> school</c><00:29:13.069><c> material</c><00:29:13.670><c> one</c><00:29:13.930><c> might</c><00:29:14.250><c> say.</c><00:29:15.970><c> And</c><00:29:16.130><c> when</c><00:29:16.329><c> Apollos</c><00:29:16.829><c> got</c><00:29:17.210><c> to</c>

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understand<00:29:23.450><c> that</c><00:29:23.650><c> the</c>

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have<00:29:29.549><c> you</c><00:29:29.710><c> heard</c><00:29:29.849><c> Apollos</c><00:29:30.250><c> speak?</c><00:29:31.230><c> Well</c><00:29:31.410><c> if</c><00:29:31.509><c> you</c><00:29:31.710><c> haven't</c><00:29:31.970><c> you</c>

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ought<00:29:32.250><c> to</c><00:29:32.430><c> make</c><00:29:32.609><c> the</c><00:29:32.809><c> effort</c><00:29:32.990><c> to</c>

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get<00:29:33.329><c> to</c><00:29:33.529><c> hear</c><00:29:33.650><c> one</c><00:29:33.849><c> of</c><00:29:33.990><c> his</c><00:29:34.190><c> addresses.</c><00:29:34.869><c> He's</c><00:29:35.230><c> worth</c><00:29:35.569><c> listening</c><00:29:36.470><c> to.</c><00:29:37.930><c> Very</c>

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soon<00:29:39.210><c> they</c><00:29:40.269><c> began</c>

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to<00:29:41.589><c> compare</c><00:29:41.890><c> Paul</c><00:29:42.490><c> unfavorably</c><00:29:43.910><c> with</c><00:29:44.829><c> the</c><00:29:45.150><c> eloquent</c><00:29:45.609><c> Apollos.</c><00:29:47.410><c> I'm</c><00:29:47.750><c> sure</c><00:29:47.890><c> you</c><00:29:48.130><c> remember</c>

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the<00:29:48.630><c> oft</c><00:29:48.849><c> quoted</c><00:29:49.130><c> verse</c><00:29:49.509><c> from</c><00:29:49.769><c> 2nd</c><00:29:50.170><c> Corinthians</c><00:29:50.490><c> 10.</c><00:29:54.670><c> His</c><00:29:55.430><c> letters</c><00:29:55.769><c> they</c><00:29:56.190><c> say</c><00:29:57.069><c> are</c>

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Paul's<00:30:02.569><c> speech</c><00:30:02.769><c> is</c>

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contemptible.<00:30:04.990><c> And</c><00:30:05.250><c> I</c><00:30:05.349><c> can</c><00:30:05.450><c> only</c><00:30:05.710><c> think</c><00:30:05.970><c> brethren</c><00:30:06.269><c> and</c><00:30:06.430><c> sisters</c><00:30:06.650><c> that</c>

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that<00:30:07.410><c> criticism</c>

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the<00:30:13.849><c> Apostle</c>

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build<00:30:27.450><c> up</c><00:30:27.710><c> the</c>

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ecclesia.<00:30:28.990><c> We've</c><00:30:29.390><c> all</c><00:30:29.789><c> got</c><00:30:30.029><c> our</c><00:30:30.390><c> part</c><00:30:30.650><c> to</c><00:30:30.970><c> play</c><00:30:31.109><c> in</c><00:30:31.329><c> the</c><00:30:31.549><c> Lord's</c><00:30:32.130><c> service</c><00:30:32.349><c> and</c>

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have<00:30:44.009><c> that</c><00:30:44.210><c> situation</c><00:30:44.849><c> developing</c><00:30:45.470><c> here.</c><00:30:47.750><c> Taken</c><00:30:48.130><c> in</c><00:30:48.369><c> isolation</c><00:30:49.150><c> the</c><00:30:50.250><c> criticism</c><00:30:50.750><c> of</c><00:30:51.009><c> the</c>

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persuading<00:31:08.009><c> both</c>

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throughout<00:31:12.089><c> the</c>

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was<00:31:25.890><c> very</c><00:31:26.269><c> evident</c><00:31:26.650><c> between</c>

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platform<00:31:46.789><c> man.</c><00:31:48.069><c> He</c><00:31:48.170><c> doesn't</c><00:31:48.390><c> have</c><00:31:48.549><c> a</c><00:31:48.650><c> very</c><00:31:48.990><c> good</c><00:31:49.309><c> presence</c><00:31:50.049><c> and</c><00:31:51.049><c> he's</c><00:31:51.150><c> just</c><00:31:51.390><c> a</c><00:31:51.529><c> little</c>

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his<00:31:58.849><c> feet.</c><00:32:00.950><c> And</c><00:32:01.109><c> as</c><00:32:01.269><c> you</c><00:32:01.470><c> know</c><00:32:01.650><c> there</c><00:32:01.789><c> were</c><00:32:01.990><c> also</c><00:32:02.390><c> other</c><00:32:02.730><c> factions</c><00:32:03.150><c> in</c><00:32:03.509><c> Corinth</c><00:32:03.769><c> as</c>

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well.<00:32:05.049><c> Some</c>

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gospel.<00:32:11.250><c> Others</c>

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Cephas<00:32:24.230><c> you</c><00:32:24.509><c> remember.</c><00:32:26.490><c> And</c>

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there<00:32:26.849><c> were</c><00:32:26.990><c> yet</c><00:32:27.230><c> others</c><00:32:27.549><c> who</c><00:32:27.769><c> said</c><00:32:27.890><c> look</c><00:32:28.170><c> a</c><00:32:28.430><c> plague</c><00:32:28.630><c> on</c><00:32:28.849><c> all</c>

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Christ.<00:32:32.349><c> He's</c><00:32:32.450><c> the</c><00:32:32.630><c> captain</c><00:32:32.930><c> of</c><00:32:33.150><c> our</c><00:32:33.410><c> salvation</c><00:32:34.009><c> and</c><00:32:34.430><c> so</c><00:32:34.589><c> they</c>

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started<00:32:35.190><c> the</c><00:32:35.490><c> old</c>

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paths<00:32:36.289><c> fellowship.</c><00:32:36.990><c> Started</c><00:32:37.549><c> right</c><00:32:37.789><c> in</c><00:32:37.950><c> the</c><00:32:38.069><c> first</c><00:32:38.250><c> century.</c>

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have<00:32:49.789><c> the</c><00:32:50.029><c> same</c><00:32:50.309><c> factions</c><00:32:50.789><c> today.</c><00:32:52.849><c> But</c><00:32:53.069><c> the</c><00:32:53.230><c> point</c><00:32:53.369><c> that</c><00:32:53.529><c> I'm</c>

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trying<00:32:53.930><c> to</c><00:32:54.210><c> make</c><00:32:54.390><c> to</c><00:32:54.650><c> you</c><00:32:54.970><c> is</c>

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that<00:32:55.390><c> within</c><00:32:55.750><c> so</c><00:32:56.109><c> short</c><00:32:56.369><c> a</c><00:32:56.630><c> time</c><00:32:57.210><c> within</c><00:32:58.109><c> two</c><00:32:58.470><c> to</c><00:32:58.630><c> three</c><00:32:58.809><c> years</c>

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at<00:32:59.289><c> the</c><00:32:59.470><c> most</c><00:33:00.029><c> all</c><00:33:01.430><c> the</c><00:33:01.710><c> blood</c>

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the<00:33:02.569><c> sweat</c><00:33:02.890><c> the</c><00:33:03.369><c> toil</c><00:33:03.750><c> and</c><00:33:04.009><c> the</c><00:33:04.329><c> tears</c><00:33:04.809><c> that</c><00:33:05.089><c> Paul</c><00:33:05.230><c> had</c><00:33:05.410><c> put</c>

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into<00:33:05.710><c> the</c><00:33:05.869><c> Corinthian</c>

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Ecclesia<00:33:06.789><c> was</c><00:33:07.190><c> in</c><00:33:07.410><c> danger</c><00:33:07.690><c> of</c><00:33:07.869><c> being</c><00:33:08.130><c> forgotten.</c><00:33:09.150><c> And</c><00:33:09.390><c> not</c>

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only<00:33:09.730><c> forgotten</c><00:33:10.089><c> but</c>

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just<00:33:10.569><c> dismissed</c><00:33:10.930><c> out</c><00:33:11.230><c> of</c><00:33:11.430><c> hand</c><00:33:11.910><c> as</c><00:33:12.210><c> being</c><00:33:12.329><c> of</c><00:33:12.529><c> no</c><00:33:12.750><c> account.</c><00:33:15.470><c> Now</c><00:33:15.910><c> none</c><00:33:16.609><c> of</c>

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these<00:33:17.309><c> prominent</c>

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brethren<00:33:18.750><c> actually</c><00:33:19.690><c> wanted</c><00:33:20.250><c> camp</c><00:33:20.650><c> followers</c><00:33:21.109><c> of</c><00:33:21.390><c> that</c><00:33:21.690><c> kind.</c>

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Paul<00:33:23.529><c> wasn't</c><00:33:23.829><c> seeking</c><00:33:24.170><c> a</c>

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following.<00:33:25.490><c> Apollos</c><00:33:25.930><c> wasn't</c><00:33:26.250><c> seeking</c><00:33:26.630><c> a</c><00:33:26.930><c> following</c><00:33:27.250><c> nor</c><00:33:28.130><c> was</c>

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Peter.<00:33:29.869><c> But</c><00:33:30.250><c> the</c><00:33:30.650><c> spirit</c>

00:33:30.869 --> 00:33:34.549
of<00:33:31.130><c> division</c><00:33:31.470><c> was</c><00:33:31.809><c> nevertheless</c><00:33:32.390><c> growing</c><00:33:33.009><c> in</c><00:33:33.369><c> the</c><00:33:33.589><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:33:35.609><c> it</c><00:33:35.750><c> was</c><00:33:35.789><c> one</c><00:33:35.930><c> of</c><00:33:36.029><c> the</c>

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problems<00:33:36.490><c> that</c><00:33:36.730><c> Paul</c><00:33:36.849><c> had</c><00:33:37.069><c> to</c><00:33:37.269><c> deal</c><00:33:37.470><c> with</c><00:33:37.630><c> when</c><00:33:37.789><c> he</c><00:33:37.990><c> wrote</c><00:33:38.190><c> to</c>

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the<00:33:38.569><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:39.069><c> during</c><00:33:39.990><c> the</c>

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course<00:33:40.470><c> of</c><00:33:40.710><c> that</c><00:33:40.990><c> third</c><00:33:41.269><c> missionary</c><00:33:41.690><c> journey.</c><00:33:44.549><c> And</c><00:33:44.829><c> incidentally</c><00:33:45.450><c> how</c><00:33:45.710><c> do</c>

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we<00:33:46.190><c> know</c><00:33:46.609><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:33:47.170><c> wrote</c><00:33:47.450><c> the</c><00:33:47.710><c> Corinthian</c><00:33:48.069><c> letters</c><00:33:48.349><c> on</c><00:33:48.549><c> his</c><00:33:48.829><c> third</c><00:33:49.069><c> missionary</c><00:33:49.490><c> journey?</c><00:33:51.049><c> Quite</c><00:33:51.410><c> simply</c>

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because<00:33:53.029><c> one</c><00:33:53.349><c> of</c><00:33:53.509><c> the</c><00:33:53.690><c> themes</c><00:33:53.910><c> running</c><00:33:54.210><c> through</c><00:33:54.529><c> both</c><00:33:54.869><c> letters</c><00:33:55.369><c> was</c><00:33:56.069><c> the</c><00:33:56.210><c> matter</c><00:33:56.369><c> of</c>

00:33:56.549 --> 00:34:01.190
the<00:33:56.829><c> collection</c><00:33:57.190><c> for</c><00:33:57.430><c> the</c><00:33:57.670><c> poor</c><00:33:58.029><c> saints</c><00:33:58.490><c> at</c><00:33:58.950><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:34:00.990><c> And</c>

00:34:01.190 --> 00:34:02.670
the<00:34:01.309><c> book</c><00:34:01.430><c> of</c><00:34:01.650><c> Acts</c><00:34:01.910><c> tells</c><00:34:02.289><c> us</c>

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that<00:34:02.950><c> that</c><00:34:03.250><c> money</c><00:34:03.490><c> was</c><00:34:03.809><c> collected</c><00:34:04.250><c> by</c><00:34:04.710><c> Paul</c><00:34:05.109><c> on</c><00:34:05.630><c> his</c><00:34:06.009><c> third</c>

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missionary<00:34:06.789><c> journey</c><00:34:07.289><c> and</c>

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delivered<00:34:08.349><c> to</c><00:34:08.849><c> the</c><00:34:09.090><c> elders</c><00:34:09.469><c> in</c><00:34:09.929><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:10.610><c> at</c><00:34:11.170><c> the</c><00:34:11.510><c> conclusion</c><00:34:11.829><c> of</c><00:34:12.050><c> the</c>

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journey.<00:34:14.130><c> And</c><00:34:14.769><c> we'll</c>

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be<00:34:15.130><c> looking</c><00:34:15.329><c> at</c><00:34:15.610><c> that</c><00:34:15.969><c> story</c><00:34:16.409><c> in</c><00:34:16.690><c> our</c><00:34:16.989><c> final</c><00:34:17.309><c> talk</c><00:34:17.590><c> in</c><00:34:17.809><c> this</c>

00:34:18.050 --> 00:34:21.309
series<00:34:18.570><c> God</c><00:34:18.849><c> willing.</c><00:34:21.150><c> But</c>

00:34:21.309 --> 00:34:24.449
going<00:34:21.530><c> back</c><00:34:21.610><c> to</c><00:34:21.909><c> Corinth</c><00:34:22.269><c> and</c><00:34:22.469><c> the</c><00:34:22.690><c> situation</c><00:34:23.230><c> that</c><00:34:23.389><c> was</c><00:34:23.590><c> developing,</c><00:34:24.329><c> Paul</c>

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received<00:34:24.929><c> the</c><00:34:25.190><c> news</c><00:34:25.429><c> of</c>

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the<00:34:25.849><c> factions</c><00:34:26.449><c> from</c><00:34:27.429><c> the</c><00:34:27.670><c> messengers</c><00:34:27.989><c> of</c><00:34:28.210><c> the</c><00:34:28.329><c> house</c><00:34:28.590><c> of</c><00:34:28.869><c> Chloe.</c><00:34:30.269><c> And</c>

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he<00:34:30.769><c> decided</c><00:34:31.429><c> to</c>

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tackle<00:34:32.530><c> this</c><00:34:32.889><c> problem</c><00:34:33.309><c> head</c><00:34:33.730><c>-on.</c><00:34:35.670><c> 1st</c><00:34:35.889><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:36.329><c> chapter</c>

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1<00:34:37.989><c> and</c><00:34:38.369><c> the</c><00:34:38.510><c> tenth</c>

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verse.<00:34:40.489><c> He</c><00:34:40.590><c> says</c><00:34:40.750><c> now</c><00:34:40.989><c> I</c><00:34:41.269><c> beseech</c><00:34:41.769><c> you</c><00:34:41.989><c> brethren</c><00:34:42.510><c> by</c><00:34:43.630><c> the</c><00:34:43.809><c> name</c>

00:34:43.949 --> 00:34:45.630
of<00:34:44.170><c> our</c><00:34:44.289><c> Lord</c><00:34:44.530><c> Jesus</c><00:34:44.949><c> Christ</c><00:34:45.389><c> that</c>

00:34:45.630 --> 00:34:50.170
ye<00:34:45.909><c> all</c><00:34:46.210><c> speak</c><00:34:46.510><c> the</c><00:34:46.849><c> same</c><00:34:47.170><c> thing</c><00:34:47.449><c> and</c><00:34:47.570><c> that</c><00:34:47.710><c> there</c><00:34:47.829><c> be</c><00:34:48.090><c> no</c><00:34:48.530><c> divisions</c><00:34:48.969><c> among</c><00:34:49.329><c> you.</c>

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But<00:34:50.650><c> that</c>

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ye<00:34:50.949><c> be</c><00:34:51.130><c> perfectly</c><00:34:51.590><c> joined</c><00:34:51.909><c> together</c><00:34:52.269><c> in</c><00:34:52.429><c> the</c><00:34:52.710><c> same</c><00:34:52.909><c> mind</c><00:34:53.210><c> and</c>

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in<00:34:53.510><c> the</c><00:34:53.670><c> same</c><00:34:53.849><c> judgment</c>

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because<00:34:55.650><c> it's</c><00:34:55.869><c> been</c><00:34:56.130><c> declared</c><00:34:56.489><c> unto</c><00:34:56.750><c> me</c><00:34:57.190><c> of</c><00:34:57.489><c> you</c><00:34:57.789><c> my</c><00:34:58.090><c> brethren</c>

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by<00:34:59.550><c> them</c><00:34:59.829><c> which</c><00:35:00.010><c> are</c><00:35:00.130><c> of</c><00:35:00.210><c> the</c>

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house<00:35:00.570><c> of</c><00:35:00.829><c> Chloe</c><00:35:01.070><c> that</c><00:35:01.809><c> there</c><00:35:02.030><c> are</c><00:35:02.230><c> contentions</c><00:35:02.809><c> among</c><00:35:03.110><c> you.</c>

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Now<00:35:04.849><c> this</c><00:35:05.030><c> I</c><00:35:05.349><c> say</c><00:35:05.730><c> that</c>

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every<00:35:06.530><c> one</c><00:35:06.690><c> of</c><00:35:06.829><c> you</c><00:35:07.030><c> say</c><00:35:07.210><c> I'm</c><00:35:08.010><c> of</c><00:35:08.170><c> Paul</c><00:35:08.610><c> or</c><00:35:08.849><c> I'm</c><00:35:09.130><c> of</c><00:35:09.329><c> Apollos</c><00:35:09.730><c> or</c>

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I'm<00:35:10.289><c> of</c><00:35:10.570><c> Cephas</c><00:35:10.949><c> or</c><00:35:11.449><c> I'm</c><00:35:11.730><c> of</c>

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Christ.<00:35:13.510><c> Is</c><00:35:13.809><c> Christ</c><00:35:14.110><c> divided?</c><00:35:15.550><c> Was</c><00:35:15.690><c> Paul</c><00:35:15.989><c> crucified</c><00:35:16.610><c> for</c><00:35:16.969><c> you?</c><00:35:17.769><c> Were</c><00:35:17.929><c> you</c>

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baptized<00:35:18.590><c> in</c>

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the<00:35:19.150><c> name</c><00:35:19.150><c> of</c><00:35:19.449><c> Paul?</c><00:35:21.889><c> I</c><00:35:22.170><c> think</c><00:35:22.329><c> that</c><00:35:22.690><c> passage</c><00:35:23.110><c> just</c><00:35:23.449><c> in</c><00:35:23.710><c> passing</c><00:35:24.230><c> shows</c>

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the<00:35:25.329><c> wonderful</c>

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spirit<00:35:26.170><c> on</c><00:35:26.409><c> the</c><00:35:26.590><c> part</c><00:35:26.730><c> of</c><00:35:26.949><c> the</c><00:35:27.030><c> Apostle.</c><00:35:28.510><c> He</c><00:35:28.650><c> could</c><00:35:28.809><c> so</c><00:35:29.070><c> easily</c>

00:35:29.349 --> 00:35:30.590
have<00:35:29.630><c> said</c><00:35:29.809><c> was</c><00:35:30.150><c> Apollos</c>

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crucified<00:35:31.250><c> for</c><00:35:31.670><c> you?</c><00:35:32.530><c> Were</c><00:35:32.710><c> you</c><00:35:32.909><c> baptized</c><00:35:33.389><c> in</c><00:35:33.590><c> the</c><00:35:33.750><c> name</c><00:35:33.889><c> of</c>

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Apollos?<00:35:36.289><c> And</c><00:35:36.429><c> that</c><00:35:36.550><c> would</c><00:35:36.670><c> have</c>

00:35:36.869 --> 00:35:42.510
brought<00:35:36.989><c> Apollos</c><00:35:37.389><c> down</c><00:35:37.769><c> a</c><00:35:37.929><c> peg</c><00:35:38.090><c> or</c><00:35:38.349><c> two</c><00:35:38.489><c> you</c><00:35:38.769><c> see.</c><00:35:41.750><c> But</c><00:35:41.909><c> he</c><00:35:41.969><c> didn't</c><00:35:42.210><c> do</c>

00:35:42.510 --> 00:35:45.289
that.<00:35:44.230><c> He</c><00:35:44.510><c> put</c><00:35:44.690><c> himself</c>

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down.<00:35:49.090><c> Is</c><00:35:49.210><c> Christ</c><00:35:49.570><c> divided?</c><00:35:50.869><c> Was</c><00:35:51.050><c> Paul</c><00:35:51.530><c> crucified</c><00:35:52.369><c> for</c><00:35:52.730><c> you?</c>

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Were<00:35:54.110><c> you</c><00:35:54.349><c> baptized</c><00:35:54.989><c> in</c>

00:35:55.230 --> 00:36:01.010
the<00:35:55.469><c> name</c><00:35:55.670><c> of</c><00:35:56.150><c> Paul?</c><00:35:57.110><c> Of</c><00:35:57.389><c> course</c><00:35:57.449><c> you</c><00:35:57.690><c> weren't.</c><00:36:00.510><c> Suggestion</c>

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is<00:36:01.210><c> unthinkable.</c><00:36:03.369><c> So</c><00:36:03.510><c> let's</c><00:36:03.710><c> not</c>

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have<00:36:04.090><c> any</c><00:36:04.289><c> of</c><00:36:04.369><c> this</c><00:36:04.630><c> party</c><00:36:05.130><c> spirit</c><00:36:05.670><c> he's</c><00:36:05.949><c> saying.</c><00:36:07.730><c> We</c><00:36:08.070><c> are</c>

00:36:08.309 --> 00:36:09.730
nothing.<00:36:08.769><c> We're</c><00:36:08.929><c> only</c><00:36:09.269><c> your</c>

00:36:09.730 --> 00:36:17.550
servants.<00:36:11.030><c> Servants</c><00:36:11.550><c> of</c><00:36:11.730><c> the</c><00:36:11.849><c> Gospel</c><00:36:12.389><c> in</c><00:36:13.150><c> the</c><00:36:13.369><c> service</c><00:36:13.610><c> of</c><00:36:13.809><c> Christ.</c><00:36:16.590><c> Turn</c><00:36:16.809><c> over</c><00:36:17.030><c> to</c><00:36:17.230><c> chapter</c>

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3.<00:36:19.530><c> We</c><00:36:19.570><c> read</c><00:36:19.789><c> verse</c><00:36:20.150><c> 4.</c><00:36:22.449><c> While</c><00:36:22.469><c> one</c><00:36:23.030><c> says</c><00:36:23.369><c> I</c><00:36:23.949><c> am</c><00:36:24.070><c> of</c><00:36:24.449><c> Paul</c><00:36:24.730><c> and</c><00:36:24.929><c> another</c><00:36:25.389><c> I</c>

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am<00:36:25.710><c> of</c><00:36:25.929><c> Apollos,</c><00:36:27.630><c> are</c>

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you<00:36:27.969><c> not</c><00:36:28.329><c> carnal?</c><00:36:29.329><c> In</c><00:36:29.510><c> other</c><00:36:29.610><c> words</c><00:36:29.789><c> isn't</c><00:36:30.030><c> this</c><00:36:30.429><c> fleshly</c><00:36:31.050><c> thinking</c><00:36:31.469><c> the</c>

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product<00:36:32.949><c> of</c><00:36:34.210><c> our</c>

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human<00:36:34.710><c> nature?</c><00:36:36.449><c> Who</c><00:36:36.570><c> then</c><00:36:36.849><c> is</c><00:36:37.110><c> Paul</c><00:36:37.550><c> and</c><00:36:37.769><c> who</c><00:36:37.989><c> is</c><00:36:38.210><c> Apollos</c><00:36:38.869><c> but</c>

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ministers,<00:36:40.670><c> servants</c><00:36:40.929><c> by</c><00:36:41.250><c> whom</c>

00:36:41.389 --> 00:36:46.889
he<00:36:41.710><c> believed</c><00:36:42.010><c> even</c><00:36:42.309><c> as</c><00:36:42.570><c> the</c><00:36:42.789><c> Lord</c><00:36:43.150><c> gave</c><00:36:43.630><c> to</c><00:36:43.929><c> every</c><00:36:44.250><c> man?</c><00:36:45.210><c> I</c><00:36:45.510><c> have</c><00:36:45.769><c> planted</c><00:36:46.150><c> the</c><00:36:46.469><c> Apollos</c>

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watered<00:36:47.710><c> but</c><00:36:47.829><c> it</c><00:36:47.989><c> was</c><00:36:48.170><c> God</c><00:36:48.510><c> who</c><00:36:48.769><c> gave</c><00:36:48.949><c> the</c><00:36:49.210><c> increase.</c><00:36:54.449><c> So</c><00:36:54.750><c> then</c>

00:36:55.409 --> 00:36:56.409
neither<00:36:55.889><c> is</c><00:36:56.090><c> he</c><00:36:56.190><c> that</c>

00:36:56.409 --> 00:37:01.750
planted<00:36:56.650><c> anything</c><00:36:57.070><c> neither</c><00:36:57.429><c> he</c><00:36:57.670><c> that</c><00:36:57.909><c> watereth</c><00:36:58.550><c> but</c><00:36:59.030><c> God</c><00:36:59.750><c> that</c><00:37:00.250><c> giveth</c><00:37:00.590><c> the</c><00:37:01.010><c> increase.</c>

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And<00:37:02.570><c> then</c><00:37:02.869><c> lower</c><00:37:03.110><c> down</c><00:37:03.409><c> in</c><00:37:03.630><c> verse</c><00:37:03.829><c> 21</c><00:37:04.369><c> he</c><00:37:04.670><c> says</c><00:37:05.309><c> therefore</c><00:37:07.269><c> let</c>

00:37:07.809 --> 00:37:12.989
no<00:37:08.590><c> man</c><00:37:09.090><c> glory</c><00:37:09.769><c> in</c><00:37:10.590><c> men.</c><00:37:12.869><c> And</c><00:37:12.869><c> if</c>

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only<00:37:13.130><c> we</c><00:37:13.349><c> could</c><00:37:13.610><c> all</c><00:37:14.110><c> learn</c><00:37:14.369><c> that</c><00:37:14.750><c> lesson</c><00:37:15.230><c> brethren</c><00:37:15.630><c> and</c><00:37:15.869><c> sisters.</c><00:37:17.170><c> All</c>

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of<00:37:17.650><c> us</c><00:37:17.949><c> speakers,</c>

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hearers,<00:37:20.210><c> helpers,</c><00:37:21.130><c> arranging</c><00:37:21.590><c> committees,</c><00:37:22.469><c> seat</c><00:37:22.710><c> fillers,</c>

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no<00:37:24.150><c> man</c><00:37:24.590><c> should</c><00:37:24.929><c> glory</c><00:37:25.590><c> in</c><00:37:26.269><c> men.</c>

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21<00:37:29.289><c> further.</c><00:37:30.309><c> For</c><00:37:30.309><c> all</c><00:37:31.030><c> things</c><00:37:31.489><c> are</c><00:37:31.889><c> yours</c><00:37:32.570><c> whether</c><00:37:33.349><c> Paul</c><00:37:33.869><c> or</c>

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Apollos<00:37:34.690><c> or</c><00:37:35.130><c> Cephas</c><00:37:35.409><c> or</c><00:37:35.610><c> the</c>

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world,<00:37:36.570><c> life</c><00:37:36.989><c> or</c><00:37:37.389><c> death,</c><00:37:37.949><c> things</c><00:37:38.190><c> present,</c><00:37:38.690><c> things</c><00:37:38.989><c> to</c><00:37:39.369><c> come,</c>

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all<00:37:40.409><c> are</c><00:37:40.789><c> yours</c><00:37:41.489><c> and</c><00:37:42.230><c> ye</c><00:37:42.449><c> are</c>

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Christ's<00:37:43.610><c> and</c><00:37:43.789><c> Christ</c><00:37:44.329><c> is</c><00:37:44.829><c> God's.</c><00:37:46.570><c> It's</c><00:37:46.989><c> only</c><00:37:47.469><c> Christ</c><00:37:47.969><c> that</c>

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matters<00:37:48.690><c> he's</c><00:37:49.230><c> saying.</c><00:37:50.210><c> All</c><00:37:50.690><c> the</c>

00:37:50.929 --> 00:37:54.530
best,<00:37:51.510><c> all</c><00:37:52.090><c> the</c><00:37:52.369><c> services,</c><00:37:53.289><c> all</c><00:37:53.409><c> the</c><00:37:53.650><c> structures</c><00:37:54.210><c> that</c><00:37:54.469><c> are</c>

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put<00:37:54.730><c> in</c><00:37:55.070><c> place,</c><00:37:56.690><c> the</c><00:37:56.869><c> blessings</c><00:37:57.230><c> of</c>

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the<00:37:57.769><c> truth,</c><00:37:58.670><c> they're</c><00:37:58.829><c> for</c><00:37:58.989><c> the</c><00:37:59.170><c> benefit</c><00:37:59.469><c> of</c><00:37:59.690><c> the</c><00:37:59.989><c> whole</c><00:38:00.329><c> community.</c><00:38:02.690><c> And</c><00:38:02.750><c> if</c><00:38:02.929><c> anybody</c><00:38:03.230><c> has</c><00:38:03.489><c> a</c>

00:38:03.690 --> 00:38:08.510
leading<00:38:03.969><c> role</c><00:38:04.469><c> well</c><00:38:05.130><c> so</c><00:38:05.610><c> what</c><00:38:05.949><c> Paul</c><00:38:06.309><c> says.</c><00:38:07.949><c> The</c><00:38:08.130><c> only</c><00:38:08.329><c> thing</c>

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that<00:38:08.750><c> matters</c><00:38:09.030><c> is</c><00:38:09.269><c> that</c><00:38:09.530><c> Christ</c>

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lives<00:38:10.469><c> in</c><00:38:10.949><c> you</c><00:38:11.369><c> and</c><00:38:12.289><c> that</c><00:38:12.469><c> you</c><00:38:12.650><c> grow</c><00:38:12.869><c> up</c><00:38:13.070><c> into</c><00:38:13.289><c> him</c><00:38:13.610><c> who</c><00:38:13.769><c> is</c><00:38:14.010><c> the</c>

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head,<00:38:15.329><c> that's</c><00:38:15.869><c> the</c><00:38:16.250><c> important</c>

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thing.<00:38:18.730><c> And</c><00:38:19.150><c> now</c><00:38:19.409><c> I</c><00:38:19.489><c> want</c><00:38:19.570><c> you</c><00:38:19.730><c> to</c><00:38:19.969><c> come</c><00:38:20.170><c> to</c><00:38:20.369><c> the</c><00:38:20.650><c> end</c><00:38:20.889><c> of</c><00:38:21.070><c> this</c>

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epistle<00:38:21.969><c> chapter</c><00:38:22.530><c> 16</c><00:38:23.429><c> where</c><00:38:24.429><c> we</c>

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find<00:38:25.070><c> that</c><00:38:25.289><c> Apollos</c><00:38:25.650><c> himself</c><00:38:26.389><c> has</c><00:38:27.170><c> clearly</c><00:38:27.610><c> taken</c><00:38:28.250><c> this</c><00:38:28.690><c> lesson</c><00:38:29.070><c> to</c>

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heart.<00:38:33.349><c> Like</c><00:38:33.789><c> Paul</c><00:38:34.289><c> he</c>

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realized<00:38:35.389><c> brethren</c><00:38:35.730><c> and</c><00:38:35.969><c> sisters</c><00:38:36.230><c> that</c><00:38:36.610><c> pride</c><00:38:37.130><c> is</c><00:38:37.650><c> the</c><00:38:37.989><c> very</c>

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devil<00:38:39.050><c> and</c><00:38:41.150><c> we</c><00:38:41.489><c> are</c><00:38:41.730><c> given</c><00:38:41.909><c> a</c>

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wonderful<00:38:42.489><c> example</c><00:38:43.070><c> how</c><00:38:43.329><c> this</c><00:38:43.610><c> great</c><00:38:43.969><c> servant</c><00:38:44.329><c> of</c><00:38:44.550><c> the</c><00:38:44.710><c> Lord</c>

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had<00:38:45.190><c> managed</c><00:38:45.570><c> to</c><00:38:46.190><c> excise</c>

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want<00:38:51.389><c> you</c><00:38:51.530><c> to</c><00:38:51.710><c> look</c><00:38:51.889><c> at</c><00:38:52.050><c> what</c>

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Paul<00:38:52.730><c> says</c><00:38:53.110><c> about</c><00:38:53.550><c> Apollos.</c><00:38:56.210><c> Verse</c><00:38:56.409><c> 12</c><00:38:56.809><c> it's</c><00:38:57.050><c> just</c><00:38:57.289><c> a</c><00:38:57.710><c> single</c>

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verse<00:38:58.570><c> but</c><00:38:58.769><c> it's</c><00:38:59.110><c> so</c>

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significant.<00:39:00.969><c> Paul</c><00:39:01.329><c> says</c><00:39:01.889><c> as</c><00:39:03.090><c> touching</c><00:39:03.670><c> our</c><00:39:04.170><c> brother</c><00:39:04.489><c> Apollos</c><00:39:05.289><c> I</c><00:39:06.389><c> greatly</c><00:39:06.909><c> desired</c><00:39:07.510><c> him</c><00:39:07.730><c> to</c>

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you<00:39:07.969><c> with</c><00:39:08.909><c> the</c><00:39:09.150><c> brethren</c><00:39:09.530><c> but</c><00:39:10.690><c> his</c><00:39:11.110><c> will</c><00:39:11.570><c> was</c><00:39:12.010><c> not</c><00:39:12.309><c> at</c><00:39:12.550><c> all</c><00:39:12.829><c> to</c>

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come<00:39:13.349><c> at</c><00:39:13.730><c> this</c><00:39:14.150><c> time</c><00:39:14.670><c> but</c><00:39:15.789><c> he</c>

00:39:16.010 --> 00:39:25.010
will<00:39:16.309><c> come</c><00:39:16.769><c> when</c><00:39:17.309><c> he</c><00:39:17.550><c> shall</c><00:39:17.670><c> have</c><00:39:17.989><c> convenient</c><00:39:18.630><c> time.</c><00:39:22.949><c> Have</c><00:39:23.170><c> you</c><00:39:23.250><c> ever</c><00:39:23.570><c> paused</c><00:39:24.030><c> just</c><00:39:24.510><c> to</c>

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consider<00:39:25.309><c> the</c><00:39:25.590><c> significance</c><00:39:26.070><c> of</c><00:39:26.349><c> that</c><00:39:26.630><c> verse?</c><00:39:28.409><c> Here</c><00:39:28.730><c> are</c><00:39:28.889><c> these</c><00:39:29.190><c> two</c>

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great<00:39:29.869><c> leaders</c><00:39:30.349><c> in</c><00:39:30.610><c> the</c>

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of<00:39:31.289><c> the</c><00:39:31.510><c> Corinthian</c><00:39:32.710><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:34.030><c> Paul</c><00:39:34.769><c> and</c><00:39:35.210><c> Apollos</c><00:39:36.449><c> and</c><00:39:36.969><c> Paul</c>

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wasn't<00:39:37.710><c> a</c><00:39:37.969><c> bit</c><00:39:38.190><c> worried</c>

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about<00:39:38.909><c> keeping</c><00:39:39.329><c> Apollos</c><00:39:39.869><c> away</c><00:39:40.329><c> from</c><00:39:40.550><c> the</c><00:39:40.769><c> other</c><00:39:40.989><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:39:41.570><c> sisters.</c><00:39:41.929><c> Did</c><00:39:42.090><c> you</c><00:39:42.269><c> notice</c>

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that?<00:39:44.650><c> He</c><00:39:44.769><c> wasn't</c><00:39:45.190><c> concerned</c><00:39:45.710><c> about</c><00:39:46.150><c> keeping</c><00:39:46.449><c> him</c><00:39:46.710><c> away</c><00:39:47.010><c> from</c>

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the<00:39:47.469><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:47.829><c> lest</c><00:39:48.150><c> he</c><00:39:48.369><c> gain</c>

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an<00:39:48.889><c> even</c><00:39:49.230><c> greater</c><00:39:49.650><c> following</c><00:39:50.070><c> than</c><00:39:50.269><c> he</c><00:39:50.469><c> already</c><00:39:50.809><c> had.</c><00:39:52.369><c> He</c><00:39:53.010><c> begs</c><00:39:53.469><c> him</c>

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to<00:39:54.130><c> visit</c>

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ministrations.<00:40:00.210><c> Now</c><00:40:00.230><c> most</c><00:40:00.550><c> of</c><00:40:00.690><c> us</c><00:40:00.809><c> would</c><00:40:00.949><c> have</c><00:40:01.050><c> done</c><00:40:01.210><c> exactly</c>

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the<00:40:02.250><c> opposite.</c><00:40:03.369><c> We'd</c><00:40:03.670><c> have</c>

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said<00:40:04.030><c> I</c><00:40:04.570><c> think</c><00:40:04.809><c> we</c><00:40:05.010><c> ought</c><00:40:05.170><c> to</c><00:40:05.269><c> keep</c><00:40:05.510><c> Apollos</c><00:40:06.090><c> away</c><00:40:06.789><c> from</c><00:40:07.070><c> there</c>

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for<00:40:07.489><c> the</c><00:40:07.690><c> time</c><00:40:07.929><c> being.</c><00:40:08.230><c> He's</c>

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got<00:40:08.730><c> too</c><00:40:09.090><c> strong</c><00:40:09.309><c> a</c><00:40:09.530><c> following.</c><00:40:11.389><c> Everybody's</c><00:40:11.909><c> going</c><00:40:12.130><c> after</c>

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him.<00:40:14.070><c> They've</c><00:40:14.210><c> even</c><00:40:14.590><c> started</c><00:40:14.849><c> an</c>

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Apollos<00:40:15.630><c> party</c><00:40:16.050><c> can</c><00:40:16.289><c> you</c><00:40:16.489><c> believe</c><00:40:16.750><c> it?</c><00:40:18.369><c> We</c><00:40:18.590><c> had</c><00:40:18.789><c> best</c><00:40:19.050><c> keep</c><00:40:19.289><c> him</c><00:40:19.530><c> out</c><00:40:19.789><c> of</c>

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the<00:40:20.170><c> limelight</c><00:40:27.869><c> for</c>

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we<00:40:31.730><c> have</c><00:40:31.989><c> Apollos</c><00:40:32.469><c> this</c>

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mighty<00:40:33.409><c> orator</c><00:40:34.369><c> saying</c><00:40:35.010><c> no</c><00:40:35.650><c> I</c><00:40:35.750><c> don't</c><00:40:36.070><c> think</c><00:40:36.289><c> so</c><00:40:36.610><c> Paul</c><00:40:36.909><c> I'll</c><00:40:37.849><c> go</c>

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later<00:40:38.530><c> on</c><00:40:38.869><c> when</c><00:40:39.030><c> I</c><00:40:39.210><c> have</c>

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opportunity<00:40:40.130><c> but</c><00:40:41.050><c> in</c><00:40:41.250><c> the</c><00:40:41.489><c> present</c><00:40:41.829><c> political</c><00:40:42.409><c> climate</c><00:40:42.849><c> it's</c>

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perhaps<00:40:43.489><c> better</c><00:40:43.909><c> if</c><00:40:44.130><c> I</c><00:40:44.309><c> just</c>

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stay<00:40:45.010><c> away.</c><00:40:47.070><c> I</c><00:40:47.210><c> think</c><00:40:47.389><c> this</c><00:40:47.610><c> is</c><00:40:47.829><c> a</c><00:40:48.030><c> wonderful</c><00:40:48.469><c> example</c><00:40:49.070><c> of</c><00:40:49.329><c> Christian</c><00:40:49.869><c> leadership</c><00:40:50.489><c> and</c>

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from<00:40:51.730><c> these</c><00:40:52.150><c> two</c><00:40:52.429><c> men.</c><00:40:54.130><c> So</c><00:40:54.349><c> verse</c><00:40:54.670><c> 12</c><00:40:55.050><c> tells</c><00:40:55.389><c> us</c><00:40:55.670><c> two</c><00:40:55.949><c> things.</c>

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It<00:40:57.329><c> tells</c><00:40:57.550><c> us</c><00:40:57.730><c> first</c><00:40:58.010><c> of</c><00:40:58.190><c> all</c><00:40:58.349><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:40:58.750><c> had</c><00:40:59.150><c> total</c><00:40:59.550><c> confidence</c><00:41:00.110><c> in</c><00:41:00.369><c> Apollos</c><00:41:00.789><c> that</c><00:41:02.130><c> he</c><00:41:02.230><c> would</c><00:41:02.469><c> behave</c><00:41:02.730><c> himself</c><00:41:03.150><c> in</c><00:41:03.349><c> a</c>

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Christ<00:41:03.750><c>-like</c><00:41:04.010><c> manner</c><00:41:04.389><c> and</c><00:41:04.989><c> do</c><00:41:05.210><c> nothing</c><00:41:05.510><c> to</c><00:41:05.849><c> intensify</c><00:41:06.409><c> the</c><00:41:06.650><c> problem</c><00:41:06.989><c> or</c>

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worsen<00:41:07.949><c> the</c>

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ecclesial<00:41:08.570><c> situation.</c><00:41:10.730><c> Secondly</c><00:41:11.190><c> and</c><00:41:11.489><c> perhaps</c><00:41:11.630><c> more</c><00:41:11.969><c> importantly</c><00:41:12.590><c> it</c><00:41:14.550><c> shows</c><00:41:14.849><c> the</c>

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way<00:41:15.469><c> in</c>

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which<00:41:16.090><c> Apollos</c><00:41:16.650><c> was</c><00:41:16.989><c> prepared</c><00:41:17.550><c> to</c><00:41:18.050><c> bury</c><00:41:18.469><c> self</c><00:41:19.150><c> for</c><00:41:19.909><c> the</c><00:41:20.070><c> good</c>

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of<00:41:20.449><c> the</c><00:41:20.530><c> whole</c><00:41:20.750><c> community.</c><00:41:22.730><c> His</c>

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will<00:41:23.369><c> was</c><00:41:23.829><c> not</c><00:41:24.110><c> at</c><00:41:24.329><c> all</c><00:41:24.630><c> to</c><00:41:24.889><c> come</c><00:41:25.170><c> at</c><00:41:25.550><c> this</c><00:41:25.889><c> time</c><00:41:26.269><c> Paul</c><00:41:26.590><c> says</c><00:41:27.150><c> but</c><00:41:27.949><c> he</c>

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will<00:41:28.329><c> come</c><00:41:28.949><c> later</c><00:41:29.510><c> when</c><00:41:29.869><c> he</c>

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shall<00:41:30.150><c> have</c><00:41:30.409><c> convenient</c><00:41:30.829><c> time.</c><00:41:33.670><c> And</c><00:41:33.789><c> just</c><00:41:33.909><c> to</c><00:41:34.130><c> conclude</c><00:41:34.630><c> our</c>

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meditation<00:41:35.469><c> on</c><00:41:35.750><c> Paul</c><00:41:35.969><c> and</c>

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Apollos<00:41:36.570><c> I'd</c><00:41:36.849><c> like</c><00:41:36.989><c> to</c><00:41:37.170><c> add</c><00:41:37.329><c> two</c><00:41:37.630><c> references</c><00:41:38.269><c> from</c><00:41:38.829><c> Paul's</c>

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other<00:41:39.550><c> epistles</c><00:41:40.030><c> which</c><00:41:41.010><c> seem</c>

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to<00:41:41.610><c> underline</c><00:41:42.170><c> these</c><00:41:42.510><c> lessons</c><00:41:42.949><c> for</c><00:41:43.329><c> us.</c><00:41:44.909><c> The</c><00:41:45.110><c> first</c><00:41:45.309><c> is</c><00:41:45.670><c> the</c>

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Philippian<00:41:46.349><c> letter</c><00:41:47.349><c> chapter</c>

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2,<00:41:52.929><c> the</c><00:41:53.110><c> Philippian</c><00:41:53.530><c> letter</c><00:41:53.849><c> chapter</c><00:41:54.250><c> 2</c><00:41:55.530><c> and</c><00:41:58.789><c> the</c><00:41:59.050><c> third</c><00:41:59.289><c> verse</c><00:41:59.610><c> very</c>

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familiar<00:42:00.550><c> in</c><00:42:00.809><c> that</c>

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lovely<00:42:01.389><c> passage</c><00:42:01.889><c> about</c><00:42:02.269><c> having</c><00:42:02.570><c> the</c><00:42:02.849><c> mind</c><00:42:03.130><c> of</c><00:42:03.389><c> Christ.</c><00:42:05.070><c> We</c>

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just<00:42:05.489><c> pick</c><00:42:05.650><c> out</c><00:42:05.869><c> the</c><00:42:06.130><c> third</c><00:42:06.369><c> verse</c>

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Paul<00:42:08.730><c> says</c><00:42:09.010><c> let</c><00:42:09.469><c> nothing</c><00:42:10.010><c> be</c><00:42:10.389><c> done</c><00:42:10.690><c> through</c><00:42:11.170><c> strife</c><00:42:11.769><c> or</c><00:42:12.110><c> vainglory</c><00:42:13.250><c> which</c>

00:42:13.510 --> 00:42:14.510
is<00:42:13.869><c> exactly</c><00:42:14.269><c> what</c>

00:42:14.510 --> 00:42:19.269
was<00:42:14.710><c> happening</c><00:42:15.050><c> in</c><00:42:15.409><c> Corinth.</c><00:42:17.210><c> But</c><00:42:17.389><c> in</c><00:42:17.869><c> lowliness</c><00:42:18.349><c> of</c><00:42:18.809><c> mind</c>

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let<00:42:19.630><c> each</c><00:42:20.190><c> esteem</c><00:42:20.889><c> other</c>

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better<00:42:22.590><c> than</c><00:42:23.190><c> themselves.</c><00:42:25.670><c> That</c><00:42:25.989><c> surely</c><00:42:26.510><c> is</c><00:42:26.710><c> the</c><00:42:26.829><c> lesson</c><00:42:27.030><c> we</c>

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get<00:42:27.349><c> from</c><00:42:27.550><c> Paul</c><00:42:27.789><c> and</c><00:42:27.969><c> Apollos</c>

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when<00:42:29.489><c> this</c><00:42:29.889><c> unfortunate</c><00:42:30.690><c> situation</c><00:42:31.550><c> developed</c><00:42:32.090><c> in</c><00:42:32.369><c> the</c><00:42:32.510><c> Corinthian</c><00:42:33.070><c> ecclesia.</c><00:42:34.510><c> In</c>

00:42:35.090 --> 00:42:39.289
lowliness<00:42:35.570><c> of</c><00:42:36.010><c> mind</c><00:42:36.369><c> the</c><00:42:36.610><c> Apostle</c><00:42:37.090><c> says</c><00:42:37.650><c> let</c><00:42:38.590><c> every</c><00:42:38.969><c> one</c><00:42:39.170><c> of</c>

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you<00:42:39.489><c> esteem</c><00:42:40.130><c> others</c><00:42:40.570><c> better</c>

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than<00:42:41.389><c> themselves.</c><00:42:43.190><c> The</c><00:42:44.110><c> other</c><00:42:44.269><c> passage</c><00:42:44.630><c> that</c><00:42:44.829><c> I</c><00:42:44.949><c> had</c><00:42:45.050><c> in</c><00:42:45.289><c> mind</c>

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was<00:42:45.730><c> Romans</c><00:42:46.190><c> 12</c><00:42:46.809><c> 10.</c><00:42:48.369><c> The</c><00:42:48.570><c> Roman</c>

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letter<00:42:49.769><c> chapter</c><00:42:50.349><c> 12</c><00:42:51.369><c> and</c><00:42:52.829><c> the</c><00:42:54.070><c> 10th</c><00:42:54.909><c> verse</c><00:42:55.789><c> where</c><00:42:56.809><c> Paul</c>

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expresses<00:42:57.670><c> similar</c><00:42:58.269><c> sentiments.</c>

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Be<00:43:03.809><c> kindly</c><00:43:04.610><c> affectioned</c><00:43:05.610><c> one</c><00:43:05.949><c> to</c><00:43:06.309><c> another</c><00:43:06.630><c> with</c><00:43:07.030><c> brotherly</c>

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love<00:43:08.130><c> in</c><00:43:08.570><c> honor</c><00:43:09.369><c> preferring</c><00:43:10.469><c> one</c>

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another.<00:43:13.110><c> Let</c><00:43:13.369><c> others</c><00:43:13.789><c> always</c><00:43:14.449><c> be</c><00:43:14.789><c> preferred</c><00:43:15.309><c> before</c><00:43:15.769><c> yourself</c><00:43:16.469><c> he</c><00:43:16.809><c> says.</c><00:43:17.630><c> If</c>

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we<00:43:17.929><c> can</c><00:43:18.090><c> just</c>

00:43:18.429 --> 00:43:23.809
learn<00:43:18.969><c> that</c><00:43:19.449><c> lesson</c><00:43:20.050><c> from</c><00:43:21.110><c> the</c><00:43:21.269><c> way</c><00:43:21.469><c> in</c><00:43:21.650><c> which</c><00:43:21.949><c> Paul</c><00:43:22.250><c> and</c><00:43:22.389><c> Apollos</c><00:43:22.710><c> behaved</c><00:43:23.090><c> themselves</c><00:43:23.590><c> in</c>

00:43:23.809 --> 00:43:26.630
the<00:43:23.949><c> Corinthian</c><00:43:24.429><c> crisis</c><00:43:25.030><c> we</c><00:43:25.570><c> shall</c><00:43:25.809><c> have</c><00:43:26.070><c> learned</c><00:43:26.289><c> one</c><00:43:26.510><c> of</c>

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the<00:43:26.769><c> most</c><00:43:27.030><c> important</c>

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lessons<00:43:28.190><c> of</c><00:43:28.489><c> our</c><00:43:28.750><c> lives.</c><00:43:31.190><c> The</c><00:43:31.429><c> devil</c><00:43:31.769><c> of</c><00:43:32.150><c> pride</c><00:43:32.690><c> and</c><00:43:32.969><c> the</c><00:43:33.329><c> demon</c><00:43:33.690><c> of</c>

00:43:34.110 --> 00:43:36.170
self<00:43:34.349><c>-interest</c><00:43:35.030><c> which</c><00:43:36.030><c> are</c>

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one<00:43:36.269><c> in</c><00:43:36.389><c> the</c><00:43:36.570><c> same</c><00:43:36.809><c> thing</c><00:43:37.050><c> really</c><00:43:37.429><c> aren't</c><00:43:37.690><c> they?</c><00:43:38.369><c> They</c><00:43:38.590><c> can</c><00:43:38.889><c> so</c>

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easily<00:43:39.789><c> wreck</c><00:43:40.329><c> all</c><00:43:40.869><c> that</c><00:43:41.070><c> we</c><00:43:41.329><c> set</c>

00:43:41.510 --> 00:43:46.150
out<00:43:41.730><c> to</c><00:43:41.929><c> do</c><00:43:42.050><c> in</c><00:43:42.210><c> the</c><00:43:42.369><c> Lord's</c><00:43:42.829><c> service.</c><00:43:43.909><c> If</c><00:43:44.510><c> we</c><00:43:44.789><c> allow</c><00:43:45.130><c> these</c><00:43:45.449><c> things</c><00:43:45.690><c> to</c>

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insinuate<00:43:47.610><c> their</c>

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way<00:43:48.489><c> into</c><00:43:48.809><c> our</c><00:43:49.090><c> hearts</c><00:43:49.389><c> and</c><00:43:49.710><c> minds</c><00:43:50.090><c> it</c><00:43:50.269><c> will</c><00:43:50.429><c> destroy</c><00:43:50.869><c> all</c><00:43:51.269><c> the</c>

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good<00:43:51.469><c> that</c><00:43:51.670><c> we</c><00:43:51.829><c> might</c><00:43:52.010><c> be</c>

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able<00:43:52.449><c> to</c><00:43:52.670><c> do.</c><00:43:55.150><c> So</c><00:43:55.349><c> let</c><00:43:55.630><c> Paul</c><00:43:55.909><c> and</c><00:43:56.110><c> Apollos</c><00:43:56.489><c> be</c><00:43:56.849><c> examples</c><00:43:57.469><c> to</c><00:43:57.789><c> us</c>

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of<00:43:58.570><c> burying</c><00:43:59.170><c> self</c><00:43:59.570><c> for</c><00:43:59.789><c> the</c>

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good<00:43:59.989><c> of</c><00:44:00.210><c> the</c><00:44:00.389><c> whole</c><00:44:00.650><c> community.</c><00:44:02.909><c> As</c><00:44:03.070><c> the</c><00:44:03.210><c> Apostle</c><00:44:03.510><c> said</c><00:44:03.730><c> to</c>

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the<00:44:04.090><c> Philippians</c><00:44:04.590><c> let</c>

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nothing<00:44:05.630><c> be</c><00:44:05.949><c> done</c><00:44:06.130><c> through</c><00:44:06.469><c> strife</c><00:44:07.070><c> or</c><00:44:07.489><c> vain</c><00:44:07.769><c> glory</c><00:44:08.269><c> but</c><00:44:08.949><c> in</c>

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lowliness<00:44:09.690><c> of</c><00:44:10.050><c> mind</c><00:44:10.409><c> let</c><00:44:10.789><c> each</c>

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esteem<00:44:12.269><c> other</c><00:44:12.909><c> better</c><00:44:13.869><c> than</c><00:44:14.590><c> themselves.</c><00:44:17.710><c> And</c><00:44:17.809><c> as</c><00:44:17.929><c> the</c><00:44:18.090><c> Lord</c>

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said<00:44:18.429><c> to</c><00:44:18.630><c> his</c><00:44:18.750><c> disciples</c><00:44:19.150><c> on</c><00:44:19.389><c> one</c>

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occasion<00:44:19.969><c> have</c><00:44:20.230><c> you</c><00:44:20.349><c> understood</c><00:44:21.010><c> these</c><00:44:21.389><c> things?</c><00:44:22.670><c> And</c><00:44:22.929><c> he</c><00:44:22.949><c> said</c><00:44:23.130><c> unto</c><00:44:23.369><c> him,</c><00:44:23.969><c> Yea</c><00:44:24.150><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:44:25.750><c> he</c><00:44:25.829><c> said</c><00:44:26.010><c> well</c><00:44:26.250><c> then</c><00:44:26.449><c> go</c><00:44:27.030><c> and</c><00:44:27.510><c> do</c><00:44:27.690><c> it.</c>