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quick.<00:16:50.730><c> Let</c><00:16:50.870><c> them</c><00:16:51.110><c> say</c><00:16:51.409><c> one</c><00:16:51.629><c> or</c><00:16:51.750><c> two</c><00:16:52.070><c> words</c><00:16:52.389><c> as</c>

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sureness<00:17:11.309><c> of</c><00:17:11.650><c> an</c><00:17:11.829><c> unfeigned</c>

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in<00:26:42.329><c> many</c><00:26:42.549><c> things.</c><00:26:42.829><c> You</c><00:26:43.029><c> and</c><00:26:43.250><c> I</c><00:26:43.470><c> were</c><00:26:43.750><c> as</c><00:26:44.069><c> well</c><00:26:44.630><c> but</c><00:26:45.750><c> give</c><00:26:45.910><c> them</c>

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the<00:26:46.349><c> chance</c><00:26:46.809><c> nurture</c><00:26:47.269><c> them</c><00:26:47.410><c> with</c><00:26:47.509><c> a</c><00:26:47.589><c> little</c><00:26:47.710><c> bit</c>

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longer<00:26:48.289><c> a</c><00:26:48.430><c> bit</c><00:26:48.470><c> more</c><00:26:48.769><c> patience</c><00:26:49.410><c> in</c><00:26:49.869><c> the</c><00:26:50.089><c> right</c><00:26:50.430><c> setting</c><00:26:50.829><c> where</c>

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there<00:26:51.109><c> is</c><00:26:51.269><c> comfort</c><00:26:51.609><c> and</c><00:26:51.990><c> confidence</c><00:26:52.529><c> an</c><00:26:53.009><c> opportunity</c>

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to<00:26:53.670><c> try</c><00:26:53.849><c> things</c><00:26:54.069><c> more</c><00:26:54.410><c> gradually</c><00:26:55.029><c> without</c><00:26:55.569><c> meeting</c><00:26:55.930><c> major</c><00:26:56.289><c> problems</c><00:26:56.670><c> quickly</c><00:26:57.029><c> and</c><00:26:57.269><c> head</c><00:26:57.450><c> on</c>

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and<00:26:58.910><c> they</c><00:26:59.049><c> will</c><00:26:59.230><c> develop</c>

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and<00:26:59.789><c> they</c><00:26:59.970><c> will</c><00:27:00.309><c> grow.</c><00:27:03.490><c> We</c><00:27:03.549><c> need</c><00:27:03.930><c> Barnabas's</c><00:27:05.849><c> and</c><00:27:07.210><c> we</c><00:27:07.329><c> need</c><00:27:07.589><c> Paul's.</c><00:27:08.509><c> You</c><00:27:08.670><c> see</c><00:27:08.769><c> the</c><00:27:08.930><c> Apostle</c><00:27:09.269><c> Paul</c><00:27:09.470><c> had</c><00:27:09.690><c> to</c><00:27:09.910><c> admit</c>

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did<00:27:11.150><c> he</c><00:27:11.549><c> not</c><00:27:12.009><c> in</c><00:27:12.769><c> the</c><00:27:13.049><c> second</c><00:27:13.349><c> epistle</c><00:27:13.769><c> in</c><00:27:13.950><c> chapter</c><00:27:14.289><c> four</c><00:27:15.009><c> that</c>

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now<00:27:16.829><c> John</c><00:27:17.430><c> Mark</c><00:27:17.789><c> was</c><00:27:18.089><c> useful</c><00:27:18.549><c> to</c><00:27:18.769><c> him</c><00:27:18.970><c> bring</c><00:27:19.349><c> John</c>

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Mark<00:27:19.990><c> because</c><00:27:20.289><c> he</c><00:27:20.450><c> is</c><00:27:20.690><c> profitable</c><00:27:21.289><c> to</c><00:27:21.910><c> me</c><00:27:22.470><c> in</c><00:27:22.750><c> the</c><00:27:22.990><c> ministry</c>

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so<00:27:24.329><c> all</c><00:27:24.549><c> those</c><00:27:24.730><c> years</c><00:27:24.970><c> in</c><00:27:25.250><c> between</c><00:27:25.509><c> yes</c><00:27:25.869><c> it</c><00:27:26.069><c> may</c><00:27:26.210><c> have</c>

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taken<00:27:26.690><c> five</c><00:27:27.130><c> years</c><00:27:27.430><c> ten</c><00:27:27.710><c> years</c><00:27:28.309><c> but</c><00:27:28.990><c> as</c><00:27:29.250><c> brethren</c><00:27:29.549><c> and</c><00:27:29.789><c> sisters</c><00:27:30.009><c> in</c><00:27:30.289><c> ecclesias</c><00:27:30.910><c> in</c>

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units<00:27:31.470><c> in</c><00:27:31.650><c> the</c><00:27:31.809><c> ecclesias</c>

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we<00:27:32.430><c> have</c><00:27:32.609><c> to</c><00:27:32.950><c> have</c><00:27:33.470><c> that</c><00:27:33.849><c> long</c><00:27:34.250><c>-term</c><00:27:34.450><c> perspective</c><00:27:35.190><c> in</c><00:27:35.890><c> developing</c><00:27:36.329><c> one</c><00:27:36.569><c> another</c><00:27:36.809><c> especially</c><00:27:37.750><c> our</c><00:27:38.190><c> young</c>

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people.<00:27:38.789><c> So</c><00:27:38.950><c> there's</c><00:27:39.269><c> room</c><00:27:40.109><c> for</c><00:27:40.710><c> John</c><00:27:41.190><c> Mark's</c><00:27:42.930><c> and</c><00:27:43.069><c> there's</c>

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room<00:27:43.750><c> for</c><00:27:43.970><c> Barnabas's</c><00:27:44.710><c> and</c><00:27:44.809><c> there's</c><00:27:45.089><c> room</c><00:27:45.470><c> for</c><00:27:45.609><c> the</c>

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Apostle<00:27:46.190><c> Paul's</c><00:27:47.450><c> in</c><00:27:47.670><c> the</c><00:27:48.089><c> hotbed</c><00:27:48.769><c> and</c><00:27:50.250><c> so</c><00:27:50.609><c> things</c><00:27:51.430><c> developed.</c>

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Barnabas<00:27:54.589><c> went</c><00:27:54.829><c> off</c><00:27:55.069><c> with</c><00:27:55.210><c> Mark</c><00:27:55.529><c> and</c><00:27:55.690><c> Paul</c>

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chose<00:27:56.369><c> Silas</c><00:27:57.029><c> and</c><00:27:57.410><c> set</c><00:27:57.630><c> off</c><00:27:57.789><c> on</c><00:27:57.910><c> his</c><00:27:58.029><c> journey</c><00:27:58.450><c> but</c><00:27:59.109><c> there</c><00:27:59.269><c> was</c>

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a<00:27:59.529><c> need</c><00:27:59.609><c> for</c><00:27:59.789><c> another</c><00:28:00.009><c> young</c><00:28:00.210><c> man</c><00:28:00.410><c> to</c><00:28:00.529><c> be</c><00:28:00.710><c> developed</c>

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and<00:28:01.630><c> that</c><00:28:01.990><c> turns</c><00:28:02.289><c> out</c><00:28:02.890><c> to</c><00:28:03.589><c> be</c><00:28:04.210><c> Timothy.</c><00:28:06.450><c> A</c><00:28:06.509><c> couple</c><00:28:06.650><c> of</c><00:28:06.890><c> things</c>

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that<00:28:07.930><c> had</c><00:28:08.130><c> to</c><00:28:08.269><c> be</c><00:28:08.430><c> done</c><00:28:08.950><c> before</c><00:28:09.609><c> Timothy</c><00:28:10.230><c> set</c><00:28:11.069><c> off</c>

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with<00:28:13.509><c> the</c><00:28:14.150><c> Apostle</c><00:28:14.529><c> Paul.</c><00:28:16.190><c> The</c><00:28:16.490><c> first</c><00:28:16.769><c> one</c><00:28:17.829><c> was</c><00:28:19.069><c> that</c><00:28:19.569><c> Timothy</c>

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had<00:28:21.630><c> to</c><00:28:22.190><c> be</c><00:28:23.210><c> circumcised.</c>

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Now<00:28:28.630><c> doesn't</c><00:28:29.430><c> this</c><00:28:29.829><c> conflict</c><00:28:30.730><c> with</c><00:28:32.789><c> the</c><00:28:33.029><c> Apostle</c><00:28:33.529><c> Paul's</c>

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previously<00:28:35.710><c> stated</c><00:28:36.990><c> position</c>

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for<00:28:39.269><c> the</c><00:28:39.369><c> sisters?</c><00:28:40.990><c> I</c><00:28:41.009><c> mean</c><00:28:41.150><c> after</c><00:28:41.390><c> all</c><00:28:41.569><c> didn't</c><00:28:41.809><c> he</c><00:28:42.130><c> say</c><00:28:42.710><c> in</c><00:28:43.609><c> Galatians</c><00:28:44.829><c> chapter</c><00:28:45.809><c> five,</c><00:28:46.750><c> let's</c><00:28:47.009><c> have</c><00:28:47.170><c> a</c>

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quick<00:28:47.470><c> look</c><00:28:47.690><c> at</c><00:28:47.930><c> it</c>

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and<00:28:49.690><c> in</c><00:28:50.069><c> Corinthians</c><00:28:50.829><c> but</c><00:28:51.849><c> let's</c><00:28:52.049><c> have</c><00:28:52.190><c> a</c><00:28:52.309><c> quick</c><00:28:52.509><c> first</c><00:28:52.910><c> look</c>

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at<00:28:53.670><c> Corinthians</c><00:28:53.890><c> chapter</c><00:28:53.890><c> five.</c>

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There<00:28:58.170><c> it</c><00:28:58.769><c> is</c><00:29:02.410><c> verse</c><00:29:02.650><c> two,</c><00:29:05.430><c> I,</c><00:29:05.930><c> Paul,</c><00:29:06.210><c> saying</c><00:29:06.430><c> to</c><00:29:06.650><c> you</c><00:29:06.910><c> that</c><00:29:07.470><c> if</c>

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you<00:29:07.910><c> be</c><00:29:08.150><c> circumcised,</c><00:29:09.109><c> Christ</c><00:29:09.269><c> shall</c><00:29:09.529><c> profit</c><00:29:09.829><c> you</c>

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nothing,<00:29:12.309><c> for</c><00:29:12.390><c> I</c><00:29:12.630><c> testify</c><00:29:12.990><c> again</c><00:29:13.309><c> to</c><00:29:13.549><c> every</c><00:29:13.769><c> man</c><00:29:13.990><c> that</c><00:29:14.130><c> is</c><00:29:14.369><c> circumcised</c><00:29:14.910><c> that</c><00:29:15.049><c> he's</c><00:29:15.390><c> a</c>

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debtor<00:29:16.250><c> to</c><00:29:16.430><c> do</c><00:29:16.549><c> the</c><00:29:16.769><c> whole</c><00:29:17.069><c> law.</c>

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Christ<00:29:18.430><c> is</c><00:29:18.789><c> become</c><00:29:19.089><c> of</c><00:29:19.549><c> no</c><00:29:19.869><c> effect</c><00:29:20.349><c> unto</c><00:29:20.829><c> you,</c><00:29:21.930><c> whosoever</c><00:29:22.309><c> you</c>

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are<00:29:22.769><c> justified</c><00:29:23.269><c> by</c><00:29:23.529><c> the</c><00:29:23.710><c> law,</c>

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you<00:29:24.210><c> are</c><00:29:24.490><c> fallen</c><00:29:24.809><c> from</c><00:29:25.049><c> grace.</c><00:29:26.950><c> For</c><00:29:27.109><c> the</c><00:29:27.390><c> six</c><00:29:27.769><c> in</c><00:29:28.089><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:29:28.869><c> neither</c><00:29:29.250><c> circumcision</c><00:29:29.910><c> availeth</c>

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anything<00:29:31.109><c> nor</c><00:29:31.609><c> uncircumcision</c><00:29:32.589><c> but</c><00:29:32.970><c> faith</c><00:29:33.750><c> which</c><00:29:34.650><c> worketh</c>

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by<00:29:35.670><c> love.</c><00:29:36.809><c> That's</c><00:29:37.049><c> pretty</c><00:29:37.289><c> uncompromising</c>

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isn't<00:29:38.869><c> it?</c><00:29:40.410><c> It's</c><00:29:40.690><c> in</c><00:29:41.269><c> the</c><00:29:41.849><c> first</c><00:29:42.109><c> epistle</c><00:29:42.769><c> of</c><00:29:43.710><c> Corinthians</c>

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and<00:29:46.430><c> chapter</c><00:29:47.009><c> seven</c>

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and<00:29:50.730><c> verse</c><00:29:51.190><c> 18.</c><00:29:53.650><c> Is</c><00:29:53.730><c> any</c><00:29:53.970><c> man</c><00:29:54.230><c> called</c><00:29:54.589><c> being</c><00:29:54.930><c> circumcised,</c>

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let<00:29:55.750><c> him</c><00:29:55.910><c> not</c><00:29:56.130><c> become</c><00:29:56.430><c> uncircumcised,</c>

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is<00:29:57.809><c> any</c><00:29:58.009><c> man</c><00:29:58.210><c> called</c><00:29:58.509><c> in</c><00:29:58.690><c> uncircumcision,</c><00:29:59.609><c> Timothy,</c><00:30:00.250><c> let</c><00:30:00.589><c> him</c>

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not<00:30:01.150><c> be</c><00:30:01.470><c> circumcised.</c><00:30:03.430><c> Circumcision</c><00:30:03.869><c> is</c><00:30:04.109><c> nothing</c>

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and<00:30:04.609><c> uncircumcision</c><00:30:05.309><c> is</c><00:30:05.569><c> nothing</c><00:30:06.009><c> but</c><00:30:06.710><c> the</c><00:30:06.950><c> keeping</c><00:30:07.410><c> of</c><00:30:08.349><c> the</c>

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commandments<00:30:09.069><c> of</c><00:30:10.109><c> God.</c><00:30:11.170><c> Well</c><00:30:11.569><c> now</c><00:30:11.910><c> how</c><00:30:12.170><c> do</c><00:30:12.410><c> we</c><00:30:12.670><c> square</c>

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this<00:30:13.329><c> one?</c><00:30:15.089><c> Because</c><00:30:15.190><c> the</c><00:30:15.329><c> apostle</c><00:30:15.609><c> Paul</c><00:30:16.309><c> takes</c><00:30:16.809><c> Timothy</c><00:30:17.269><c> and</c>

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asks<00:30:19.130><c> him</c><00:30:19.569><c> to</c><00:30:20.109><c> be</c><00:30:20.890><c> circumcised.</c><00:30:22.950><c> But</c><00:30:23.049><c> on</c><00:30:23.210><c> the</c><00:30:23.289><c> other</c>

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hand<00:30:23.670><c> you</c><00:30:23.970><c> see</c><00:30:24.829><c> those</c><00:30:26.109><c> sentiments</c><00:30:26.529><c> that</c><00:30:26.769><c> we've</c><00:30:26.970><c> just</c><00:30:27.230><c> read</c><00:30:27.670><c> to</c>

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the<00:30:28.369><c> Galatians</c><00:30:28.789><c> and</c><00:30:29.029><c> to</c><00:30:29.230><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:29.670><c> were</c>

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largely<00:30:30.930><c> directed</c><00:30:31.410><c> at</c><00:30:31.710><c> new</c><00:30:32.109><c> Gentile</c><00:30:32.970><c> believers</c><00:30:33.369><c> weren't</c><00:30:33.630><c> they</c><00:30:34.029><c> who</c>

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were<00:30:34.470><c> under</c><00:30:34.730><c> pressure</c><00:30:35.210><c> from</c><00:30:35.789><c> the</c><00:30:36.009><c> Judaizers.</c>

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Timothy<00:30:37.029><c> was</c><00:30:38.289><c> a</c><00:30:39.170><c> Jew</c><00:30:39.529><c> and</c><00:30:40.150><c> what's</c><00:30:40.609><c> more</c><00:30:40.809><c> we've</c><00:30:41.410><c> read</c><00:30:41.589><c> already</c>

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in<00:30:43.289><c> chapter</c><00:30:43.670><c> 16</c><00:30:44.230><c> of</c><00:30:44.809><c> Acts</c><00:30:45.289><c> he</c><00:30:45.569><c> was</c><00:30:45.970><c> known</c><00:30:46.369><c> to</c>

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all<00:30:46.789><c> in</c><00:30:46.990><c> the</c><00:30:47.130><c> region</c><00:30:47.710><c> as</c><00:30:48.349><c> having</c><00:30:48.809><c> a</c><00:30:50.009><c> father</c><00:30:50.369><c> who</c><00:30:50.569><c> was</c><00:30:50.730><c> a</c><00:30:50.890><c> Gentile</c><00:30:51.710><c> and</c><00:30:52.650><c> I</c>

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would<00:30:53.269><c> put</c><00:30:53.390><c> it</c><00:30:53.490><c> to</c><00:30:53.670><c> you</c><00:30:53.869><c> it</c><00:30:54.069><c> was</c><00:30:54.410><c> known</c>

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that<00:30:55.369><c> he</c><00:30:55.509><c> was</c><00:30:55.690><c> an</c><00:30:55.849><c> uncircumcised</c><00:30:57.210><c> Jew</c><00:30:57.750><c> to</c><00:30:58.109><c> boot.</c><00:31:00.009><c> And</c><00:31:00.210><c> Paul's</c>

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approach<00:31:01.650><c> was</c><00:31:02.950><c> first</c><00:31:03.269><c> of</c><00:31:03.470><c> all</c><00:31:03.890><c> to</c><00:31:04.269><c> preach</c>

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Jew<00:32:03.490><c> nor</c><00:32:04.269><c> to</c><00:32:04.849><c> Gentile.</c><00:32:06.710><c> So</c><00:32:06.849><c> I</c><00:32:06.970><c> don't</c><00:32:07.150><c> see</c><00:32:07.349><c> a</c><00:32:07.490><c> major</c>

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Jesus<00:32:16.930><c> Christ</c><00:32:17.430><c> was</c><00:32:17.849><c> at</c><00:32:18.049><c> the</c><00:32:18.329><c> heart</c><00:32:18.750><c> of</c><00:32:19.230><c> what</c><00:32:19.450><c> the</c><00:32:19.650><c> apostle</c><00:32:19.890><c> Paul</c><00:32:20.170><c> was</c>

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he<00:32:28.690><c> would</c><00:32:29.049><c> be</c><00:32:29.730><c> circumcised</c><00:32:30.289><c> and</c>

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circumcised<00:32:49.009><c> with</c><00:32:49.569><c> fairly</c><00:32:50.130><c> crude</c>

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the<00:33:04.269><c> apostle</c><00:33:04.549><c> Paul</c><00:33:04.809><c> and</c><00:33:04.970><c> say</c><00:33:05.349><c> no</c><00:33:06.410><c> they</c><00:33:06.769><c> must</c>

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days<00:43:51.510><c> ahead</c>

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