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The Price of Virtue [1 Hour · Abide Meditation App

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Speaker 1: Matthew chapter five. Now, when Jesus saw the crimes, he
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Speaker 1: went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples
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Speaker 1: came to him, and he began to teach them. He said,
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Speaker 1: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the
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Speaker 1: kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they
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Speaker 1: will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will
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Speaker 1: inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
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Speaker 1: for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful,
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Speaker 1: for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure
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Speaker 1: in heart, for they will seek God. Blessed are the
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Speaker 1: peace makers, for they will be called children of God.
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Speaker 1: Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for
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Speaker 1: theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed to you. When
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Speaker 1: people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds
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Speaker 1: of evil against you because of me, rejoice and be glad,
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Speaker 1: because great is your reward in heaven, For in the
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Speaker 1: same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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Speaker 1: You are the salt of the earth. But if the
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Speaker 1: salt loses its saltaness how can it be made salty again?
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Speaker 1: It is no longer good for anything except to be
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Speaker 1: thrown out and trampled under foot. You are the light
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Speaker 1: of the world. A town built on a hill cannot
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Speaker 1: be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put
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Speaker 1: it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand,
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Speaker 1: and it gives light to everyone in the house. In
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Speaker 1: the same way, let your light shine before others, that
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Speaker 1: they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father
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Speaker 1: in heaven. Do not think that I have come to
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Speaker 1: abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come
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Speaker 1: to abolish them, but to fulfill them. For truly, I
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Speaker 1: tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter,
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Speaker 1: not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means,
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Speaker 1: disappear from the law until everything is accomplished. Therefore, any
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Speaker 1: one who sets aside one of the least of these
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Speaker 1: commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in
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Speaker 1: the Kingdom of heaven. But whoever practices and teaches these
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Speaker 1: commands will be called.
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Speaker 2: Great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Speaker 1: For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that
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Speaker 1: of the pharisees and the teachers of the law. You
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Speaker 1: will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven. You have
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Speaker 1: heard that it was said to the people long ago
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Speaker 1: you shall not murder, and any one who murders will
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Speaker 1: be subject to judgment. But I tell you that any
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Speaker 1: one who is angry with a brother or sister will
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Speaker 1: be subject to judgment. Again, any one who says to
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Speaker 1: a brother or sister raca is answerable to the court.
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Speaker 1: And any one who says you fool will be in
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Speaker 1: danger of the fire of hell. Therefore, if you are
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Speaker 1: offering your gift at the altar, and there, remember that
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Speaker 1: your brother or sister has something against you. Leave your
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Speaker 1: gift there in front of the altar. First, go and
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Speaker 1: be reconciled to them. Then come and offer your gift.
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Speaker 1: Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you
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Speaker 1: to court. Do it while you are still together on
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Speaker 1: the way, or your adversary may hand you over to
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Speaker 1: the judge, and the judge may hand you over to
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Speaker 1: the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. Truly,
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Speaker 1: I tell you you will not get out until you
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Speaker 1: have paid the last penny. You have heard that it
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Speaker 1: was said you shall not commit adultery. But I tell
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Speaker 1: you that any one who looks at a woman lustfully
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Speaker 1: has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If
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Speaker 1: your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out,
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Speaker 1: and throw it away, it is better for you to
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Speaker 1: lose one part of your body than for your whole
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Speaker 1: body to be thrown into hell. And if your right
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Speaker 1: hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw
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Speaker 1: it away, it is better for you to lose one
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Speaker 1: part of your body than for your whole body to
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Speaker 1: go into hell. It has been said any one who
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Speaker 1: divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.
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Speaker 1: But I tell you that any one who divorces his
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Speaker 1: wife except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery.
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Speaker 1: And any one who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. Again,
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Speaker 1: you have heard that it was said to the people
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Speaker 1: long ago. Do not break your oath, but fulfill to
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Speaker 1: the Lord the oaths you have made. But I tell
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Speaker 1: you do not swear an oath at all, either by heaven,
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Speaker 1: for it is God's throne, or by the earth, for
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Speaker 1: it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is
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Speaker 1: the city of the great King. And do not swear
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Speaker 1: by your head, for you cannot make even one hair
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Speaker 1: white or black. All you need to say is simply
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Speaker 1: yes or no. Anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
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Speaker 1: You have heard that it was said I for eye
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Speaker 1: and tooth for tooth. But I tell you do not
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Speaker 1: resist an evil person. If any one slaps you on
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Speaker 1: the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.
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Speaker 1: And if any one wants to sue you and take
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Speaker 1: your shirt, hand over your coat as well. If any
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Speaker 1: one forces you to go one mile, go with them
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Speaker 1: two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and
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Speaker 1: do not turn away from the one who wants to
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Speaker 1: borrow from you. You have heard that it was said,
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Speaker 1: love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I tell
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Speaker 1: you love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,
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Speaker 1: that you may be children of your father in heaven.
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Speaker 1: He causes his son to rise on the evil and
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Speaker 1: the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
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Speaker 1: If you love those who love you, what reward will
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Speaker 1: you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?
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Speaker 1: And if you greet only your own people, what are
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Speaker 1: you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do
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Speaker 1: that be perfect? Therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect
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Speaker 1: to Timothy chapter three, But mark this, there will be
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Speaker 1: terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers
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Speaker 1: of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to
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Speaker 1: their parents, ungrateful, unholy without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self control, brutal,
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Speaker 1: not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure,
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Speaker 1: rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness
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Speaker 1: but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
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Speaker 1: They are the kind who worm their way into homes
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Speaker 1: and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down
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Speaker 1: with sins and assuayed by all kinds of evil desires,
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Speaker 1: always learning but never able to come to a knowledge
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Speaker 1: of the truth. Just as Janus and Jambres opposed Moses,
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Speaker 1: so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men
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Speaker 1: of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned,
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Speaker 1: are rejected. But they will not get very far, because,
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Speaker 1: as in the case of those men, their folly will
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Speaker 1: be clear to every one. You, however, know all about
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Speaker 1: my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, sufferings.
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Speaker 1: What kinds of things happen to me in Antioch, Iconium
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Speaker 1: and Lystra The persecutions I endured, yet the Lord rescued me.
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Speaker 2: From all of them.
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Speaker 1: In fact, every one who wants to live a godly
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Speaker 1: life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil doers
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Speaker 1: and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and
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Speaker 1: being deceived. But as for you, continue in what you
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Speaker 1: have learned and have become convinced of, because you know
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Speaker 1: those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy
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Speaker 1: you have known the holy scriptures which are able to
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Speaker 1: make you wise salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All
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Speaker 1: scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting,
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Speaker 1: and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God
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Speaker 1: may be thoroughly equipped for every good work one Peter
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Speaker 1: Chapter four. Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm
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Speaker 1: yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in
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Speaker 1: the body has finished with sin. As a result, they
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Speaker 1: do not live the rest of their earthly lives for
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Speaker 1: evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.
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Speaker 1: For you have spent enough time in the past doing
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Speaker 1: what pagans choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing,
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Speaker 1: and detestable idolatry. They are surprised that you do not
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Speaker 1: join them in their reckless wild living, and the heap
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Speaker 1: abuse on you that they will have to give an
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Speaker 1: account to Him who is ready to judge the living
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Speaker 1: and the dead. For this reason, the Gospel was preached
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Speaker 1: even to those who are now dead, so that they
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Speaker 1: might be judged according to human standards in regard to
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Speaker 1: the body that live, according to God in regard to
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Speaker 1: the spirit. The end of things is near. Therefore, be
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Speaker 1: alert and of sober mind, so that.
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Speaker 2: You may pray.
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Speaker 1: Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over
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Speaker 1: a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.
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Speaker 1: Each of you should use whatever gift you have received
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Speaker 1: to serve others as faithful stewards of God's grace in
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Speaker 1: its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so
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Speaker 1: as one who speaks the very words of God. If
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Speaker 1: anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God
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Speaker 1: provides so that in all things God may be praised
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Speaker 1: through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the
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Speaker 1: power for ever and ever. Amen, dear friends, do not
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Speaker 1: be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on
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Speaker 1: you to test you, as though something strange were happening
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Speaker 1: to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the
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Speaker 1: sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when
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Speaker 1: His glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of
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Speaker 1: the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the spirit
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Speaker 1: of glory and of God rests on you. If you suffer,
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Speaker 1: it should not be as a murderer or thief, or
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Speaker 1: any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. However,
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Speaker 1: if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed,
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Speaker 1: but praise God that you bear that name. For it
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Speaker 1: is time for judgment to begin with God's household. And
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Speaker 1: if it begins with us, what will the outcome be
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Speaker 1: for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
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Speaker 1: And if it is hard for the righteous to be saved,
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Speaker 1: what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?
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Speaker 2: So, then those who suffer.
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Speaker 1: According to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful
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Speaker 1: creator and continue to do good Philippians chapter three. Further,
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Speaker 1: my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. It is
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Speaker 1: no trouble for me to write the same things to
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Speaker 1: you again, And it is a safeguard for you. Watch
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Speaker 1: out for those dogs, those evil doers, those mutilators.
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Speaker 2: Of the flesh. For it is we who are.
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Speaker 1: The circumcision, We who serve God by his Spirit, who
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Speaker 1: boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in
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Speaker 1: the flesh.
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Speaker 2: Though I myself have.
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Speaker 1: Reasons for such confidence, if some one else thinks they
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Speaker 1: have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have
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Speaker 1: more circumcised on the eighth day of the people of Israel,
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Speaker 1: of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. In
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Speaker 1: regard to the law a pharisee, as for zeal persecuting
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Speaker 1: the church, as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.
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Speaker 1: But whatever were gains to me, I now consider loss
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Speaker 1: for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider
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Speaker 1: everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing
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Speaker 1: Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost
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Speaker 1: all things. I consider them garbage that I may gain
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Speaker 1: Christ and be found in Him, not having a righteousness
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Speaker 1: of my own that comes from the law, but that
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Speaker 1: which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes
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Speaker 1: from God. On the basis of faith. I want to
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Speaker 1: know Christ, yes, to know the power of his resurrection,
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Speaker 1: and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
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Speaker 1: and so somehow attaining to the resurrection.
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Speaker 2: From the dead.
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Speaker 1: Not that I have already obtained all this or have
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Speaker 1: already arrived at my goal. But I press on to
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Speaker 1: take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold
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Speaker 1: of me. Brothers and sisters. I do not consider myself
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Speaker 1: yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing
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Speaker 1: I do. Forgetting what is behind and straining towards what
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Speaker 1: is ahead. I press on towards the goal to win
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Speaker 1: the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in
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Speaker 1: Christ Jesus. All of us, then, who are mature, should
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Speaker 1: take such a view of things. And if on some
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Speaker 1: point you think differently, that too, God will make clear
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Speaker 1: to you. Only let us live up to what we
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Speaker 1: have already attained. Join together in following my example, brothers
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Speaker 1: and sisters, and just as you have us as a model.
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Speaker 1: Keep your eye on those who live as we do.
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Speaker 1: For as I have often told you before, now tell
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Speaker 1: you again, even with tears, many live as enemies of
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Speaker 1: the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, Their God
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Speaker 1: is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame.
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Speaker 1: Their mind is set on earthly things. But our citizenship
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Speaker 1: is in heaven, and we eagerly away a savior from there,
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Speaker 1: the Lord Jesus Christ, who by the power that enables
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Speaker 1: him to bring everything under his control, will transform our
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Speaker 1: lowly bodies so that they.
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Speaker 2: Will be like His glorious body.
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Speaker 1: Galatians chapter five. It is for freedom that Christ has
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Speaker 1: set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let
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Speaker 1: yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Mark
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Speaker 1: my words, I, Paul tell you that if if you
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Speaker 1: let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value
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Speaker 1: to you at all. Again, I declare to every man
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Speaker 1: who lets himself be circumcised, that he is required to
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Speaker 1: obey the whole law. You, who are trying to be
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Speaker 1: justified by the law, have been alienated from Christ. You
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Speaker 1: have fallen away from grace. For through the spirit we
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Speaker 1: eagerly await by faith, the righteousness for which we hope
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Speaker 1: for in Christ Jesus. Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value.
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Speaker 1: The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
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Speaker 1: You were running a good race. Who cut in on
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Speaker 1: you to keep you from obeying the truth. That kind
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Speaker 1: of persuasion does not come from the one who calls
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Speaker 1: you a little yeast works through the whole batch of doe.
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Speaker 1: I'm confident in the Lord that you will take no
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Speaker 1: one their view.
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Speaker 2: The one who is.
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Speaker 1: Thrown you into confusion, whoever that may be, will have
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Speaker 1: to pay the penalty. Brothers and sisters, If I am
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Speaker 1: still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In
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Speaker 1: that case, the offense of the cross has been abolished.
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Speaker 1: As for those agitators, I wish they would go the
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Speaker 1: whole way and emasculate themselves. You, my brothers and sisters,
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Speaker 1: were called to be free. But do not use your
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Speaker 1: freedom to indulge the flesh. Rather serve one another humbly
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Speaker 1: in love, for the entire law is fulfilled in keeping
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Speaker 1: this one command, love your neighbor as yourself. If you
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Speaker 1: bite and devour each other, watch out, or you will
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Speaker 1: be destroyed by each other. So I say, live by
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Speaker 1: the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of
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Speaker 1: the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to
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Speaker 1: the spirit. And the spirit what is contrary to the flesh.
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Speaker 1: They are in conflict with each other, so that you
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Speaker 1: are not to do whatever you want. But if you
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Speaker 1: are led by the spirit, you are not under the law.
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Speaker 1: The acts of the flesh are obvious sexual immorality, impurity
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Speaker 1: and debauchery, idolatry and witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage,
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Speaker 1: selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the like.
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Speaker 1: I warn you, as I did before, that those who
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Speaker 1: live like this will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
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Speaker 2: But the fruit of.
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Speaker 1: The Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
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Speaker 1: and self control. Against such things, there is no law.
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Speaker 1: Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh
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Speaker 1: with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit,
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Speaker 1: let us keep in step with the spirit. Let us
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Speaker 1: not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. Matthew Chapter seven.
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Speaker 1: Do not judge, or you too will be judged, For
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Speaker 1: in the same way as you judge others, you will
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Speaker 1: be judged. And with the measure you use, it will
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Speaker 1: be measured to you. Why do you look at the
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Speaker 1: speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no
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Speaker 1: attention to the plank in your own eye. How can
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Speaker 1: you say to your brother, let me take the speck
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Speaker 1: out of your eye, when all the time there is
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Speaker 1: a plank in your own eye.
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Speaker 2: You hypocrite.
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Speaker 1: First take the plank out of your own eye, and
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Speaker 1: then you will see clearly to remove the speck from
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Speaker 1: your brother's eye. Do not give dogs what is sacred.
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Speaker 1: Do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do,
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Speaker 1: they may trample them under their feet and turn and tear.
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Speaker 2: You to pieces.
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Speaker 1: Ask and it will be given to you. Seek and
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Speaker 1: you will find. Knock and the door will be open
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Speaker 1: to you. For everyone who asks receives. The one who
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Speaker 1: seeks finds, and to the one who knocks the door
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Speaker 1: will be opened. Which of you, if your son asks
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Speaker 1: for bread, will give him a stone, Or if he
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Speaker 1: asks for a fish, will give him a snake. If you, then,
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Speaker 1: though you are evil, know how to give good gifts
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Speaker 1: to your children. How much more will your father in
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Speaker 1: heaven give good gifts to those who ask him. So
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Speaker 1: in everything, do to others what you would have them
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Speaker 1: do to you. For this sums up the law and
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Speaker 1: the prophets. Enter through the narrow gate. For why it
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Speaker 1: is the gate, and broad is the road that leads
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Speaker 1: to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is
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Speaker 1: the gate, and narrow the road that leads to life,
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Speaker 1: and only a few find it. Watch out for false prophets.
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Speaker 1: They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they
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Speaker 1: are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them.
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Speaker 1: Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? Likewise,
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Speaker 1: every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree
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Speaker 1: bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit,
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Speaker 1: and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree
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Speaker 1: that does not bear good fruit is cut down and
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Speaker 1: thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will
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Speaker 1: recognize them. Not everyone who says to me, Lord Lord,
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Speaker 1: will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only the one who
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Speaker 1: does the will of my father, who is in heaven.
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Speaker 1: Many will say to me, on that day, Lord Lord,
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Speaker 1: did we not prophesy in your name, and in your
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Speaker 1: name drive out demons, and in your name perform many miracles.
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Speaker 1: Then I will tell them plainly, I never knew you.
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Speaker 1: Away from me, you evil do us. Therefore, every one
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Speaker 1: who hears these words of mine and puts them into
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Speaker 1: practice is like a wise man who built his house
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Speaker 1: on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose,
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Speaker 1: and the winds blew and beat against that house. Yet
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Speaker 1: it did not fall, because it had its foundation on
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Speaker 1: the rock. But every one who hears these words of
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Speaker 1: mine and does not put them into practice is like
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Speaker 1: a foolish man who built his house on sand. The
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Speaker 1: rain came down, the streams rose, and the wind blew
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Speaker 1: and beat against that house, and it fell with a
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Speaker 1: great crash. When Jesus had finished saying these things, the
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Speaker 1: crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as
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Speaker 1: one who had authority, not.
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Speaker 2: As their teachers of the law. Proverbs chapter three.
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Speaker 1: My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my
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Speaker 1: commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life
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Speaker 1: many years and bring you peace and prosperity. Let love
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Speaker 1: and faithfulness never leave you. Bind them round your neck
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Speaker 1: write them on the tablet.
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Speaker 2: Of your heart.
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Speaker 1: Then you will win favor and a good name in
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Speaker 1: the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord
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Speaker 1: with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.
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Speaker 1: In all your ways. Submit to him, and he will
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Speaker 1: make your path straight. Do not be wise in your
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Speaker 1: own eyes. Fear the Lord and shun evil. This will
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Speaker 1: bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
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Speaker 1: Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits
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Speaker 1: of all your crops. Then your barns will be filled
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Speaker 1: to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
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Speaker 1: My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline, and do
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Speaker 1: not resent his rebuke.
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Speaker 2: Because the Lord.
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Speaker 1: Disciplines those he loves as a father, the son he
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Speaker 1: delights in. Blessed those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding.
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Speaker 1: For she is more profitable than silver, and yields better
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Speaker 1: returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies. Nothing
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Speaker 1: you desire can compare with her. Long life is in
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Speaker 1: her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
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Speaker 1: Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths a peace.
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Speaker 1: She is a tree of life. To those who take
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Speaker 1: hold of her. Those who hold a fast will be
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Speaker 1: blessed by wisdom. The Lord laid the earth's foundations by understanding.
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Speaker 1: He set the heavens in place. By his knowledge, the
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Speaker 1: watery depths were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew.
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Speaker 1: My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of
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Speaker 1: your sight. Preserve sound, judgment, and discretion. They will be
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Speaker 1: life for you, an ornament to grace your neck. Then
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Speaker 1: you will go on your way in safety, and your
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Speaker 1: foot will not stumble. When you lie down, You will
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Speaker 1: not be afraid. When you lie down, your sleep will
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Speaker 1: be sweet. Have no fear of sudden disaster or of
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Speaker 1: the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the Lord will
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Speaker 1: be at your side and will keep your foot from
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Speaker 1: being snared. Do not withhold good from those to whom
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Speaker 1: it is due, when it is in your power to act.
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Speaker 1: Do not say to your neighbor, come back tomorrow and
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Speaker 1: I'll give it to you when you already have it
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Speaker 1: with you. Do not plot harm against your neighbor who
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Speaker 1: lives trustfully near you. Do not accuse anyone for no
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Speaker 1: reason when they have done you no harm. Do not
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Speaker 1: envy the violent or choose any of their ways. For
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Speaker 1: the Lord detests the perverse, but takes the upright into
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Speaker 1: his confidence. The Lord's curse is on the house of
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Speaker 1: the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.
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Speaker 1: He mocks proud mockers, but shows favor to the humble,
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Speaker 1: and oppressed the wise inherit honor, but fools get only
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Speaker 1: shame Matthew chapter nineteen. When Jesus had finished saying these things,
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Speaker 1: he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea,
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Speaker 1: to the other side of the Jordan. Large crowds followed him,
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Speaker 1: and he healed them. There some pharisees came to him
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Speaker 1: to test him. They asked, is it lawful for a
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Speaker 1: man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?
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Speaker 2: Haven't you read?
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Speaker 1: He replied that at the beginning the Creator made the
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Speaker 1: male and female, and said, for this reason, a man
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Speaker 1: will leave his father and mother and be united to
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Speaker 1: his wife, and the two will become one flesh. So
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Speaker 1: they are no longer too, but one flesh. Therefore, what
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Speaker 1: God has joined together, let no one separate. Why, then,
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Speaker 1: they asked, did Moses command that a man give his
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Speaker 1: wife a certificate of divorce and send her away? Jesus replied,
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Speaker 1: Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts
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Speaker 1: were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.
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Speaker 1: I tell you that any one who divorces his wife
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Speaker 1: except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.
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Speaker 1: The disciples said to him, if this is the situation
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Speaker 1: between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.
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Speaker 1: Jesus replied, not every one can accept this word, but
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Speaker 1: only those to whom it has been given. For there
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Speaker 1: are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are
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Speaker 1: eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and there
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Speaker 1: are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the
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Speaker 1: sake of the Kingdom of heaven. The one who can
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Speaker 1: accept this should accept it. Then people brought little children
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Speaker 1: to Jesus for him to place his hands on them
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Speaker 1: and pray for them, But the disciples rebuked them.
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Speaker 2: Jesus said, let.
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Speaker 1: The little children come to me, do not hinder them,
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Speaker 1: for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these.
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Speaker 1: When he had placed his hands on them, he went
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Speaker 1: on from there. Just then a man came up to
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Speaker 1: Jesus and asked, teach her what good thing must I
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Speaker 1: do to get eternal life? Why do you ask me about.
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Speaker 2: What is good?
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Speaker 1: Jesus replied, there is only one who is good. If
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Speaker 1: you want to enter life, keep the commandments. Which ones
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Speaker 1: he inquired? Jesus replied, you shall not murder, you shall
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Speaker 1: not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not
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Speaker 1: give false testimony, Honor your father and mother, and love
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Speaker 1: your neighbor as yourself. All these I have kept. The
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Speaker 1: young man said, what do I still like? Jesus answered,
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Speaker 1: if you want to be perfect, go sell your possessions
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Speaker 1: and give to the poor, and you will have treasure
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Speaker 1: in heaven. Then come follow me. When the young man
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Speaker 1: heard this, he went away sad because he had great wealth.
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Speaker 1: Then Jesus said to his disciples, Truly, I tell you
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Speaker 1: it is hard for someone who is rich to enter
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Speaker 1: the Kingdom of Heaven. Again, I tell you, it is
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Speaker 1: easier for a camel to go through the eye of
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Speaker 1: a needle than for someone who is rich to enter
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Speaker 1: the Kingdom of God. When the disciples heard this, they
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Speaker 1: were greatly astonished and asked, who then can be saved.
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Speaker 2: Jesus looked at.
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Speaker 1: Them and said, with man this is impossible, But with God,
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Speaker 1: all things are possible. Peter answered him, we have left
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Speaker 1: everything to follow you, What then will there be for us?
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Speaker 1: Jesus said to them, Truly, I tell you, at the
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Speaker 1: renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits
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Speaker 1: on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will
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Speaker 1: also sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Speaker 1: And every one who left houses or brothers or sisters,
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Speaker 1: or father or mother or wife, or children or fields
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Speaker 1: for my sake will receive a hundred times as much,
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Speaker 1: and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first
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Speaker 1: will be last, and many who are last will be first.
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Speaker 1: John chapter fifteen. I am the true vine, and my
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Speaker 1: father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in
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Speaker 1: me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does
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Speaker 1: bear fruit he prunes so that it will.
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Speaker 2: Be even more fruitful.
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Speaker 1: You are already clean because of the word I've spoken
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Speaker 1: to You remain in me, as I also remain in you.
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Speaker 1: No branch can bear fruit by itself. It must remain
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Speaker 1: in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you
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Speaker 1: remain in me. I am the vine. You are the branches.
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Speaker 1: If you remain in me and I in you, you
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Speaker 1: will bear much fruit. Apart from me, you can do nothing.
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Speaker 1: If you do not remain in me. You are like
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Speaker 1: a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches
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Speaker 1: are picked up, thrown into the fire, and burned. If
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Speaker 1: you remain in me and my words remain in you,
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Speaker 1: ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
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Speaker 1: This is to my father's glory that you bear much fruit,
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Speaker 1: showing yourselves to be my disciples. As the Father has
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Speaker 1: loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in
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Speaker 1: my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain
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Speaker 1: in my love, just as I have kept my father's
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Speaker 1: commands and remain in his love. I have told you
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Speaker 1: this so that my joy may be in you, and
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Speaker 1: that your joy may be complete. My command is this,
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Speaker 1: love each other as I have loved you. Greater love
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Speaker 1: has no one than this, to lay down one's life
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Speaker 1: for one's friends. You are my friends if you do
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Speaker 1: what I command. I no longer call you servants, because
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Speaker 1: a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I
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Speaker 1: have called you friends. For everything that I learned from
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Speaker 1: my father, I have made known to you You did
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Speaker 1: not choose me, But I chose you and appointed you,
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Speaker 1: so that you might go and bear fruit, fruit that
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Speaker 1: will last, and so that whatever you ask in my name,
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Speaker 1: the Father will give you. This is my command. Love
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Speaker 1: each other. If the world hates you, keep in mind
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Speaker 1: that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world,
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Speaker 1: it would love you as its own. As it is,
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Speaker 1: you do not belong to the world. But I have
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Speaker 1: chosen you out of the world. That is why the
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Speaker 1: world hates you. Remember what I told you. A servant
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Speaker 1: is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me,
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Speaker 1: they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching,
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Speaker 1: they will obey yours.
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Speaker 2: Also.
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Speaker 1: They will treat you this way because of my name,
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Speaker 1: for they do not know the one who sent me.
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Speaker 1: If I had not come and spoken to them, they
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Speaker 1: would not be guilty of sin. But now they have
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Speaker 1: no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates me hates my
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Speaker 1: father as well. If I had not done among them
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Speaker 1: the works no one else did, they would not be
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Speaker 1: guilty of sin. As it is they have seen. And
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Speaker 1: yet they have hated both me and my father. But
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Speaker 1: this is to fulfill what is written in their law,
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Speaker 1: they hated me without reason. When the Advocate comes, whom
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Speaker 1: I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit
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Speaker 1: of Truth, who goes out from the Father, he will
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Speaker 1: testify about me, and you also must testify, for you
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Speaker 1: have been with me from the beginning Romans, chapter twelve. Therefore,
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Speaker 1: I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy,
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Speaker 1: to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and
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Speaker 1: pleasing to God. This is your true and proper worship.
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Speaker 1: Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but
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Speaker 1: be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you
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Speaker 1: will be able to test and approve what God's will
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Speaker 1: is his good, pleasing and perfect will. For by the
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Speaker 1: grace given me, I say to every one of you,
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Speaker 1: do not think of yourself more highly than you ought,
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Speaker 1: but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance
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Speaker 1: with the faith God has distributed to.
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Speaker 2: Each of you.
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Speaker 1: For just as each of us has one body with
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Speaker 1: many members, and these members do not all have the
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Speaker 1: same function, So in Christ we, though many, form one body,
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Speaker 1: and each member belongs to all the others. We have
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Speaker 1: different gifts according to the grace given to each of us.
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Speaker 1: If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with
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Speaker 1: your faith. If it is serving, then serve. If it
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Speaker 1: is teaching, then teach. If it is to encourage, then
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Speaker 1: give encouragement. If it is giving, then give generously. If
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Speaker 1: it is to lead, do it diligently. If it is
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Speaker 1: to show mercy, do it cheerfully. Love must be sincere
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Speaker 1: hate what is evil, cling to what is good. Be
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Speaker 1: devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
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Speaker 1: Never be lacking in zeal. Be keep your spiritual fervor
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Speaker 1: serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction,
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Speaker 1: faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord's people who are
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Speaker 1: in need. Practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you. Bless
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Speaker 1: and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, Mourn
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Speaker 1: with those who mourn. Live in harmony with one another.
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Speaker 1: Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with
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Speaker 1: people of low position. Do not be conceited. Do not
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Speaker 1: repay any one evil for evil. Be careful to do
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Speaker 1: what is right in the eyes of every one. If
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Speaker 1: it is possible, as far as it depends on you,
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Speaker 1: live at peace with every one. Do not take revenge,
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Speaker 1: my dear friends, but leave room for God's wrath. For
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Speaker 1: it is written it is mine to avenge. I will repay,
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Speaker 1: says the Lord. On the contrary, if your enemy is hungry,
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Speaker 1: feed him. If he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
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Speaker 1: In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.
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Speaker 1: Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with
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Speaker 1: good Proverbs Chapter four. Listen, my sons to a father's instruction.
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Speaker 1: Pay attention and gain understanding. I give you sound learning,
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Speaker 1: So do not forsake my teaching. For I too was
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Speaker 1: a son to my father, still tender and cherished by
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Speaker 1: my mother. Then he taught me, and he said to me,
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Speaker 1: take hold of my words with all your heart. Keep
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Speaker 1: my commands, and you will live. Get wisdom, get understanding.
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Speaker 1: Do not forget my words or turn away from them.
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Speaker 1: Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you. Love
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Speaker 1: her and she will watch over you. The beginning of
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Speaker 1: wisdom is this. Get wisdom, though it cost all you have.
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Speaker 1: Get understanding. Cherish her and she will exalt you. Embrace
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Speaker 1: her and she will honor you. She will give you
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Speaker 1: a garland to grace your head. And present you with
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Speaker 1: a glorious crown. Listen, my son, Accept what I say,
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Speaker 1: and the years of your life will be many. I
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Speaker 1: instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you
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Speaker 1: along straight paths. When you walk, your steps will not
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Speaker 1: be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. Hold
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Speaker 1: on to instruction, do not let it go. Guard it well,
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Speaker 1: for it is your life. Do not set foot on
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Speaker 1: the path of the wicked, or walk in the way
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Speaker 1: of evil. Doers avoid it, do not travel on it.
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Speaker 1: Turn from it and go on your way. For they
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Speaker 1: cannot rest until they do evil. They are robbed of
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Speaker 1: sleep till they make someone stumble. They eat the bread
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Speaker 1: of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. The path
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Speaker 1: of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever
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Speaker 1: brighter till the full light of day.
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Speaker 2: But the way of the wicked.
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Speaker 1: Is like deep darkness. They do not know what makes
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Speaker 1: them stumble. My son, pay attention to what I say.
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Speaker 1: Turn your ear to my words. Do not let them
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Speaker 1: out of your sight. Keep them within your heart, for
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Speaker 1: they are life to those who find them, and health
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Speaker 1: to one's whole body. Above all else, God your heart,
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Speaker 1: for everything you do flows from it. Keep your mouth
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Speaker 1: free of perversity. Keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
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Speaker 1: Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly
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Speaker 1: before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet,
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Speaker 1: and be steadfast in all your ways.
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Speaker 2: Do not turn to the right or the left.
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Speaker 1: Keep your foot from evil. Book three, Psalm seventy three.
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Speaker 1: Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are
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Speaker 1: pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had
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Speaker 1: almost slipped. I had nearly lost my foothold, for I
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Speaker 1: envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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Speaker 1: They have no struggle. Their bodies are healthy and strong.
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Speaker 1: They're free from common human burdens. They're not plagued by
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Speaker 1: human ills. Therefore, pride is their necklace. They clothe themselves
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Speaker 1: with violence. From their callous hearts comes iniquity. Their evil
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Speaker 1: imaginations have no limits. They scoff and speak with malice,
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Speaker 1: with arrogance. They threaten oppression. Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
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Speaker 1: and their tongues take possession.
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Speaker 2: Of the earth.
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Speaker 1: Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters
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Speaker 1: in abundance. They say, how would God know? Does the
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Speaker 1: Most High know anything? This is what the wicked alike,
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Speaker 1: always free of care, they go on amassing wealth. Surely
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Speaker 1: in vain. I have kept my heart pure and have
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Speaker 1: washed my hands in innocence. All day long, I have
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Speaker 1: been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments. If I
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Speaker 1: had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed your children.
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Speaker 1: And when I tried to understand all this, it troubled
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Speaker 1: me deeply till I entered the sanctuary of God. Then
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Speaker 1: I understood their final destiny. Surely you place them on
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Speaker 1: slippery ground, you cast them down to ruin. How suddenly
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Speaker 1: are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors. They are
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Speaker 1: like a dream when one awakes. When you arise, Lord,
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Speaker 1: you will despise them as phantasies. When my heart was
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Speaker 1: grieved and my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant.
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Speaker 1: I was a brute beast before you. Yet I am
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Speaker 1: always with you. You hold me by my right hand,
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Speaker 1: You guide me with your consel, and afterward you will
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Speaker 1: take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but you?
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Speaker 1: And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh
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Speaker 1: and my heart may fail, But God is the strength
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Speaker 1: of my heart and my portion For ever those who
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Speaker 1: are far from you will perish. You destroy all who
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Speaker 1: are unfaithful to you. But as for me, it is
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Speaker 1: good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign
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Speaker 1: Lord my refuge. I will tell of all your deeds.
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Speaker 1: Isiah chapter fifty three. Who has believed our message? And
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Speaker 1: to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
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Speaker 1: He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and
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Speaker 1: like a root out of dry ground. He had no
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Speaker 1: beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in
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Speaker 1: his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised
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Speaker 1: and rejected by mankind, A man of suffering and familiar
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Speaker 1: with pain, like one from whom people hide their faces.
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Speaker 1: He was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
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Speaker 1: Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering.
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Speaker 1: Yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him,
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Speaker 1: and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions. He
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Speaker 1: was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought us
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Speaker 1: peace was on him, And by his wounds we are healed.
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Speaker 1: We all, like sheep, have gone astray. Each of us
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Speaker 1: has turned to our own way, And the Lord has
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Speaker 1: laid on him the iniquity of us.
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Speaker 2: All.
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Speaker 1: He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open
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Speaker 1: his mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
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Speaker 1: and as a sheep before its shearers, is silent, So
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Speaker 1: he did not open his mouth. By oppression and judgment,
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Speaker 1: he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested,
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Speaker 1: For he was cut off from the land of the living.
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Speaker 1: For the transgression of my people. He was punished. He
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Speaker 1: was assigned a grave with the wicked and with the rich.
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Speaker 1: In his death, though he had done no violence, nor
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Speaker 1: was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the
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Speaker 1: Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer.
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Speaker 1: And though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin,
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Speaker 1: he will see his offspring and prolong his days. And
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Speaker 1: the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
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Speaker 1: After he has suffered, he will see the light of
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Speaker 1: life and be satisfied by his knowledge. My righteous servant
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Speaker 1: will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. Therefore
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Speaker 1: I will give him a portion among the great, and
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Speaker 1: he will divide the spoils with the strong. Because he
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Speaker 1: poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with
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Speaker 1: the transgressors, for he bore the sin of many and
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Speaker 1: made intercession for the transgressors Philippians, chapter two. Therefore, if
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Speaker 1: you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if
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Speaker 1: any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in
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Speaker 1: the spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my
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Speaker 1: joy complete by being like minded, having the same love,
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Speaker 1: being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing
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Speaker 1: out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility,
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Speaker 1: value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests,
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Speaker 1: but each of you to the interests of the others.
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Speaker 1: In your relationships with one another. Have the same mindset
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Speaker 1: as Christ Jesus, who, being in very nature God, did
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Speaker 1: not consider equality with God something to be used to
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Speaker 1: his own advantage. Rather, he made himself nothing by taking
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Speaker 1: the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness,
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Speaker 1: and being found in appearance as a man. He humbled
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Speaker 1: himself by becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Therefore,
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Speaker 1: God exalted him to the highest place and gave him
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Speaker 1: the name that is above every name, that at the
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Speaker 1: name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and
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Speaker 1: on earth, and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge
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Speaker 1: that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God
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Speaker 1: the Father. Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed,
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Speaker 1: not only in my presence, but now much more in
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Speaker 1: my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear
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Speaker 1: and trembling. For it is God who works in you
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Speaker 1: to will and to act in order to fulfill His
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Speaker 1: good purpose. Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that
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Speaker 1: you may become blameless and pure children of God, without
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Speaker 1: fault in a warped and crooked generation. Then you will
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Speaker 1: shine among them like stars in the sky as you
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Speaker 1: hold firmly to the Word of life. And then I
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Speaker 1: will be able to boast on the day of Christ
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Speaker 1: that I did not run or labor in vain. But
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Speaker 1: even if I am being poured out like a drink
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Speaker 1: offering on the sacrifice, and so is coming from your faith,
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Speaker 1: I am glad and rejoice with all of you, so
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Speaker 1: you too should be glad and rejoice with me. I
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Speaker 1: hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you
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Speaker 1: soon that I also may be cheered when I receive
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Speaker 1: news about you. I have no one else like him
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Speaker 1: who will show genuine concern for your welfare, for every
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Speaker 1: one looks out for their own interests, not those of
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Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. But you know that Timothy has proved himself
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Speaker 1: because as a son with his father, he has served
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Speaker 1: with me in the work of the Gospel. I hope
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Speaker 1: therefore to send him as soon as I see how
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Speaker 1: things go with me, and I am confident in the
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Speaker 1: Lord that I myself will come soon. But I think
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Speaker 1: it is necessary to send back to you. Epaphroditis my brother,
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Speaker 1: co worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger,
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Speaker 1: whom you sent to take care of my needs. For
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Speaker 1: he longs for all of you, and is distressed because
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Speaker 1: you heard he was ill. Indeed, he was ill and
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Speaker 1: almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not
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Speaker 1: on him only, but also on me, to spare me
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Speaker 1: sorrow upon sorrow. Therefore I am all the more eager
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Speaker 1: to send him, so that when you see him again,
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Speaker 1: you may be glad and I may have less anxiety.
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Speaker 1: So then welcome him in the Lord with great joy
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Speaker 1: and honor people like him, because he almost died for
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Speaker 1: the work of Christ. He risked his life to make
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Speaker 1: up for the help you yourselves could.
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Speaker 2: Not give me.
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Speaker 1: James Chapter one, James, a servant of God and of
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Speaker 1: the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered among
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Speaker 1: the nations, Greetings, consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,
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Speaker 1: whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know
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Speaker 1: that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance
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Speaker 1: finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete,
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Speaker 1: not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you
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Speaker 1: should ask God, who gives generously to all, without finding fault,
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Speaker 1: and it will be given to you. But when you ask,
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Speaker 1: you must believe and not doubt. Because the one who
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Speaker 1: doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and
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Speaker 1: tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to
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Speaker 1: receive anything from the Lord. Such a person is double
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Speaker 1: minded and unstable in all they do. Believers in humble
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Speaker 1: circumstances ought to take pride in their high position, but
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Speaker 1: the rich should take pride in their humiliation, since they
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Speaker 1: will pass away like a wild flower. For the sun
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Speaker 1: rises with scorching heat and withers the plant, its blossom falls.
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Speaker 2: And its beauty is destroyed.
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Speaker 1: In the same way, the rich will fade away even
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Speaker 1: while while they go about their business. Blessed is the
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Speaker 1: one who perseveres under trial, because having stood the test,
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Speaker 1: that person will receive the crown of life that the
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Speaker 1: Lord has promised to those who love him. When tempted,
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Speaker 1: no one should say God is tempting me, for God
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Speaker 1: cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone.
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Speaker 1: But each person is tempted when they are dragged away
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Speaker 1: by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire
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Speaker 1: has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and sin, when
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Speaker 1: it is full grown, gives birth to death. Don't be deceived,
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Speaker 1: my dear brothers and sisters. Every good and perfect gift
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Speaker 1: is from above, coming down from the Father of the
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Speaker 1: heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He
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Speaker 1: chose to give us birth through the Word of truth,
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Speaker 1: that we might be a kind of first fruits of
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Speaker 1: all He created it. My dear brothers and sisters, take
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Speaker 1: note of this. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow
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Speaker 1: to speak, and slow to become angry, because human anger
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Speaker 1: does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
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Speaker 2: Therefore, get rid of.
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Speaker 1: All moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent
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Speaker 1: and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can
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Speaker 1: save you. Do not merely listen to the word and
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Speaker 1: so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens
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Speaker 1: to the word but does not do what it says,
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Speaker 1: is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror,
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Speaker 1: and after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets
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Speaker 1: what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the
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Speaker 1: perfect law that gives freedom and continues in it, not
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Speaker 1: forgetting what they have heard, but doing it, they will
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Speaker 1: be blessed in what they do. Those who consider themselves
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Speaker 1: religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on
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Speaker 1: their tongue deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. Religion
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Speaker 1: that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless. Is
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Speaker 1: this to look after orphans and widows in their distress,
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Speaker 1: and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
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Speaker 2: Psalm.
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Speaker 1: One blessed is the one who does not walk in
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Speaker 1: step with a wicked or stand in the way that
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Speaker 1: sinners take, or sit in the company of mockers, but
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Speaker 1: whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and
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Speaker 1: who meditates on his law day and night. That person
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Speaker 1: is like a tree planted by streams of water, which
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Speaker 1: yields its fruit in season, and whose lief does not wither.
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Speaker 1: Whatever they do prospers. Not so the wicked. They are
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Speaker 1: like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore, the wicked
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Speaker 1: will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the
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Speaker 1: assembly of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the
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Speaker 1: way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked
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Speaker 1: leads to destruction. Psalm thirty seven. Do not fret because
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Speaker 1: of those who are evil, or be envious of those
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Speaker 1: who do wrong, For like the grass, they will soon wither.
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Speaker 1: Like green plants, they will soon die away. Trust in
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Speaker 1: the Lord and do good. Dwell in the land and
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Speaker 1: enjoy safe pasture. Take delight in the Lord, and he
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Speaker 1: will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your
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Speaker 1: way to the Lord. Trust in him, and he will
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Speaker 1: do this. He will make your righteous reward shine like
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Speaker 1: the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun. Be still
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Speaker 1: before the Lord and wait patiently for him. Do not
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Speaker 1: fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry
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Speaker 1: out their wicked schemes. Refrain from anger and turn from wrath.
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Speaker 1: It leads only to evil, for those who are evil
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Speaker 1: will be destroyed. But those who hope in the Lord
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Speaker 1: will inherit the land a little while, and the wicked
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Speaker 1: will be no more. Though you look for them, they
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Speaker 1: will not be found. But the meek will inherit the
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Speaker 1: land and enjoy peace and prosperity. The wicked plot against
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Speaker 1: the righteous and gnash their teeth at them. But the
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Speaker 1: Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day
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Speaker 1: is coming. The wicked kid draw the sword and bend
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Speaker 1: the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to
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Speaker 1: slay those whose ways are upright, But their swords will
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Speaker 1: pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
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Speaker 1: Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth
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Speaker 1: be broken. But the Lord upholds the righteous. The blameless
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Speaker 1: spend their days under the Lord's care, and their inheritance
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Speaker 1: will endure forever. In times of disaster, they will not wither.
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Speaker 1: In days of famine, they will enjoy plenty. But the
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Speaker 1: wicked will perish. Though the Lord's enemies are like the
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Speaker 1: flowers of the field, they will be consumed. They will
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Speaker 1: go up in smoke. The wicked borrow and do not repay.
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Speaker 1: But the righteous give generously. Those the Lord blesses will
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Speaker 1: inherit the land, but those he curses will be destroyed.
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Speaker 1: The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who
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Speaker 1: delights in him. Though he may stumble, he will not fall,
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Speaker 1: for the Lord upholds him with his hand. I was young,
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Speaker 1: and now I am old. Yet I have never seen
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Speaker 1: the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. They are
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Speaker 1: always generous and lend freely. Their children will be a blessing.
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Speaker 1: Turn from evil and do good. Then you will dwell
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Speaker 1: in the land forever. For the Lord loves the just
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Speaker 1: and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrong Doers will
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Speaker 1: be completely destroyed. The offspring of the wicked will perish.
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Speaker 1: The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
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Speaker 1: The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues
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Speaker 1: speak what is just. The law of their God is
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Speaker 1: in their hearts their feet. Do not slip. The wicked
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Speaker 1: lie in wait for the Righteous, intent on putting them
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Speaker 1: to death, For the Lord will not leave them in
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Speaker 1: the power of the wicked, or let them be condemned.
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Speaker 1: When brought to trial, hope in the Lord and keep
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Speaker 1: his way. He will exalt you to inherit the land.
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Speaker 1: When the wicked are destroyed, you will see it. I
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Speaker 1: have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a
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Speaker 1: luxuriant native tree. But he soon passed away and was
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Speaker 1: no more. Though I looked for him, he could not
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Speaker 1: be found. Consider the blameless, observe the upright. A future
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Speaker 1: awaits those who seek peace, But all sinners will be destroyed.
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Speaker 1: There will be no future for the wicked. The salvation
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Speaker 1: of the righteous comes from the Lord. He is their
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Speaker 1: stronghold in time of trouble. The Lord helps them and
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Speaker 1: delivers them. He delivers them from the wicked and saves
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Speaker 1: them because they take refuge in Him.