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What Happens When Faith Disrupts the Status Quo? · Daily Bible Refresh

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  from
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  the
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  book
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  of
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  Philemon.
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  From
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  the
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  New
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  Testament,
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  the
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  entire
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  book.
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  It's
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  from
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  the
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  Message
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  version.
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  I,
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  Paul,
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  am
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  a
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  prisoner
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  for
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  the
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  sake
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  of
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  Christ.
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  Here
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  with
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  my
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  brother
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  Timothy,
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  I
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  write
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  this
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  letter
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  to
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  you
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  Philemon,
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  my
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  good
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  friend
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  and
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  companion
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  in
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  this
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  work.
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  Also
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  to
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  our
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  sister
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  Afia,
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  to
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  Archipelas,
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  a
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  real
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  trooper
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  and
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  to
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  the
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  church
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  that
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  meets
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  in
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  your
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  house.
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  God's
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  best
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  to
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  you.
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  Christ's
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  blessings
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  on
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  you.
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  Every
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  time
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  your
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  name
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  comes
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  up
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  in
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  my
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  prayers,
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  I
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  say,
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  oh
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  thank
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  you
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  God.
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  I
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  keep
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  hearing
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  of
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  the
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  love
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  and
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  faith
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  you
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  have
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  for
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  the
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  Master
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  Jesus,
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  which
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  brims
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  over
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  to
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  all
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  believers.
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  And
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  I
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  keep
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  praying
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  that
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  this
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  faith
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  will
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  hold
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  in
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  that
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  we
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  hold
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  in
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  common,
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  keep
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  showing
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  up
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  in
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  the
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  good
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  things
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  we
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  do
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  and
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  that
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  people
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  recognize
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  Christ
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  and
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  all
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  of
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  it.
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  Friend,
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  you
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  have
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  no
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  idea
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  how
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  good
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  your
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  love
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  makes
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  me
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  feel.
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  Doubly
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  so
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  when
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  I
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  see
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  your
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  hospitality
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  to
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  fellow
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  believers
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  to
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  call
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  the
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  slave
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  your
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  friend.
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  In
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  line
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  with
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  all
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  this,
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  I
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  ask
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  a
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  favor
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  of
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  you
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  as
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  Christ
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  Ambassador,
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  now
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  a
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  prisoner
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  for
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  him.
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  I
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  wouldn't
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  hesitate
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  to
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  command
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  this
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  if
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  I
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  thought
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  it
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  necessary,
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  but
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  I'd
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  rather
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  make
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  it
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  a
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  personal
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  request.
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  While
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  here
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  in
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  jail,
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  I
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  fathered
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  a
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  child,
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  so
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  to
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  speak.
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  And
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  here
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  he
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  is,
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  hand
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  carrying
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  this
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  letter.
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  Onesimus.
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  He
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  was
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  useless
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  to
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  you
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  before.
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  Now
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  he's
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  useful
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  to
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  both
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  of
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  us.
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  I'm
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  sending
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  him
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  back
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  to
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  you,
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  but
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  it
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  feels
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  like
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  I'm
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  cutting
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  off
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  my
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  right
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  arm
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  and
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  doing
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  so.
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  I
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  wanted
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  him
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  the
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  worst
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  way
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  to
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  keep
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  him
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  here
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  as
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  your
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  stand
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  in
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  to
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  help
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  out
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  while
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  I'm
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  in
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  jail
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  for
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  the
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  message.
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  But
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  I
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  didn't
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  want
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  to
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  do
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  anything
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  behind
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  your
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  back,
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  make
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  you
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  do
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  a
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  good
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  deed
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  that
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  you
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  hadn't
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  willingly
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  agreed
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  to.
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  Maybe
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  it's
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  all
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  for
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  the
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  best
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  that
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  you
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  lost
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  him
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  for
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  a
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  while.
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  You're
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  getting
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  him
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  back
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  now
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  for
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  good.
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  And
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  no
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  mere
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  slave
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  this
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  time,
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  but
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  a
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  true
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  Christian
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  brother.
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  That's
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  what
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  he
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  was
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  to
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  me.
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  He'll
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  be
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  ever
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  more
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  than
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  that
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  to
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  you.
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  So
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  if
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  you
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  still
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  consider
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  me
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  a
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  comrade
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  at
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  arms,
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  welcome
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  him
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  back
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  as
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  you
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  would
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  me.
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  If
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  he
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  damages
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  anything
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  or
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  owes
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  you
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  anything,
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  chalk
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  it
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  up
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  to
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  my
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  account.
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  This
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  is
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  my
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  personal
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  signature,
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  Paul,
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  and
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  I
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  stand
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  behind
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  it.
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  I
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  don't
• 3:24
  need
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  to
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  remind
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  you,
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  do
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  I,
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  that
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  you
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  owe
• 3:27
  your
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  very
• 3:27
  life
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  to
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  me.
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  Do
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  me
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  this
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  big
• 3:30
  favor,
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  friend.
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  You'll
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  be
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  doing
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  it
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  for
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  Christ.
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  But
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  it
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  will
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  also
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  do
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  do
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  my
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  heart
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  good.
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  I
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  know
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  you
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  well
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  enough
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  to
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  know
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  you
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  will.
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  You
• 3:41
  probably
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  go
• 3:41
  far
• 3:41
  beyond
• 3:42
  what
• 3:42
  I've
• 3:43
  written.
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  By
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  the
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  way,
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  get.
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  Get
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  a
• 3:45
  room
• 3:45
  ready
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  for
• 3:45
  me.
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  Because
• 3:46
  of
• 3:47
  your
• 3:47
  prayers,
• 3:47
  I
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  fully
• 3:48
  expect
• 3:48
  to
• 3:48
  be
• 3:48
  your
• 3:49
  guest
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  again.
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  Epaphras,
• 3:51
  my
• 3:51
  cellmate
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  in
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  the
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  cause
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  of
• 3:53
  Christ
• 3:53
  says
• 3:54
  hello.
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  Also
• 3:55
  my
• 3:56
  co
• 3:56
  workers,
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  Mark,
• 3:57
  Aristocus,
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  Dimas
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  and
• 4:00
  Luke.
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  All
• 4:01
  the
• 4:01
  best
• 4:01
  to
• 4:02
  you
• 4:02
  from
• 4:02
  the
• 4:02
  master,
• 4:03
  Jesus
• 4:03
  Christ.
• 4:05
  Well,
• 4:05
  that
• 4:05
  ends
• 4:06
  this
• 4:06
  reading
• 4:06
  of
• 4:06
  the
• 4:06
  book
• 4:06
  of
• 4:07
  Philemon.
• 4:08
  Let's
• 4:08
  talk
• 4:08
  here
• 4:08
  about
• 4:09
  Paul's
• 4:10
  radical
• 4:10
  letter
• 4:10
  about
• 4:10
  brotherhood.
• 4:12
  And
• 4:12
  so
• 4:12
  I
• 4:12
  just
• 4:12
  want
• 4:13
  you
• 4:13
  to
• 4:14
  spend
• 4:14
  a
• 4:14
  few
• 4:14
  minutes
• 4:15
  with
• 4:15
  me
• 4:15
  here
• 4:15
  and
• 4:16
  settle
• 4:16
  in
• 4:16
  because
• 4:16
  we're
• 4:17
  look
• 4:17
  at
• 4:17
  this
• 4:17
  book,
• 4:18
  this
• 4:18
  shortest
• 4:19
  letter
• 4:19
  Paul
• 4:19
  ever
• 4:20
  wrote,
• 4:20
  and
• 4:21
  in
• 4:21
  some
• 4:21
  ways
• 4:21
  the
• 4:22
  most
• 4:22
  subversive.
• 4:23
  And
• 4:24
  we
• 4:24
  read
• 4:24
  here
• 4:24
  the
• 4:25
  entire
• 4:25
  book
• 4:25
  of
• 4:26
  Philemon.
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  The
• 4:28
  whole
• 4:28
  thing
• 4:28
  is
• 4:28
  only
• 4:28
  25
• 4:29
  verses.
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  But
• 4:30
  don't
• 4:30
  let
• 4:30
  the
• 4:31
  brevity
• 4:31
  fool
• 4:31
  you.
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  This
• 4:32
  letter
• 4:32
  packs
• 4:33
  a
• 4:33
  big
• 4:33
  punch.
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  Here's
• 4:34
  the
• 4:35
  setup.
• 4:35
  Paul
• 4:35
  is
• 4:35
  in
• 4:36
  prison
• 4:36
  and
• 4:36
  a
• 4:36
  man
• 4:36
  named
• 4:36
  Onesimus
• 4:37
  who
• 4:37
  was
• 4:38
  enslaved
• 4:38
  by
• 4:38
  a
• 4:38
  Christian
• 4:39
  leader
• 4:39
  named
• 4:40
  Phila
• 4:40
  Philemon
• 4:41
  has
• 4:41
  somehow
• 4:42
  ended
• 4:42
  with
• 4:42
  Paul,
• 4:43
  ended
• 4:43
  up
• 4:43
  with
• 4:43
  Paul.
• 4:44
  Maybe
• 4:45
  he
• 4:45
  ran
• 4:45
  away,
• 4:46
  maybe
• 4:46
  he
• 4:46
  was
• 4:46
  sent
• 4:46
  on
• 4:47
  an
• 4:47
  errand,
• 4:47
  never
• 4:47
  came
• 4:47
  back.
• 4:48
  We
• 4:48
  don't
• 4:48
  know
• 4:48
  the
• 4:48
  details.
• 4:49
  What
• 4:49
  we
• 4:50
  do
• 4:50
  know
• 4:50
  is
• 4:50
  that
• 4:50
  Onesimus
• 4:51
  has
• 4:52
  become
• 4:52
  a
• 4:52
  believer.
• 4:52
  Now
• 4:53
  Paul
• 4:53
  is
• 4:53
  sending
• 4:53
  him
• 4:54
  back
• 4:54
  to
• 4:54
  Philemon
• 4:55
  with
• 4:56
  this
• 4:56
  letter.
• 4:57
  So
• 4:58
  that's
• 4:58
  what
• 4:58
  I
• 4:59
  want
• 4:59
  to
• 4:59
  share
• 4:59
  with
• 4:59
  you.
• 5:00
  And
• 5:00
  now
• 5:00
  let's
• 5:00
  get
• 5:00
  a
• 5:00
  little
• 5:01
  deeper.
• 5:02
  It's
• 5:02
  not.
• 5:03
  Let's
• 5:04
  get
• 5:04
  into
• 5:04
  some
• 5:04
  points
• 5:04
  to
• 5:05
  ponder
• 5:05
  today.
• 5:06
  Then
• 5:06
  we'll
• 5:06
  land
• 5:06
  on
• 5:07
  something
• 5:07
  practical
• 5:09
  point
• 5:09
  to
• 5:09
  ponder.
• 5:10
  Number
• 5:10
  one.
• 5:10
  The
• 5:10
  Gospel
• 5:11
  redefines
• 5:12
  relationships
• 5:13
  across
• 5:14
  every
• 5:15
  social
• 5:15
  divide.
• 5:16
  Paul
• 5:17
  doesn't
• 5:17
  write
• 5:17
  to
• 5:17
  Philemon
• 5:18
  saying
• 5:18
  be
• 5:18
  a
• 5:18
  nicer
• 5:19
  slave
• 5:19
  owner.
• 5:20
  He
• 5:21
  fundamentally
• 5:21
  redefines
• 5:22
  that
• 5:23
  relationship.
• 5:24
  No
• 5:24
  mere
• 5:25
  slave
• 5:25
  this
• 5:25
  time,
• 5:25
  but
• 5:26
  a
• 5:26
  true
• 5:26
  Christian
• 5:26
  brother,
• 5:27
  he
• 5:27
  says
• 5:28
  in
• 5:28
  that
• 5:28
  one
• 5:29
  sentence,
• 5:29
  Paul
• 5:30
  dismantles
• 5:30
  the
• 5:31
  hierarchy
• 5:32
  that
• 5:32
  society
• 5:33
  had
• 5:33
  constructed.
• 5:34
  This
• 5:34
  is
• 5:35
  what
• 5:35
  the
• 5:35
  Gospel
• 5:35
  does.
• 5:36
  It
• 5:36
  doesn't
• 5:37
  just
• 5:37
  tweak
• 5:37
  our
• 5:37
  existing
• 5:38
  relationships.
• 5:39
  It
• 5:39
  transforms
• 5:40
  them
• 5:40
  at
• 5:40
  the
• 5:40
  root.
• 5:41
  When
• 5:42
  we
• 5:42
  truly
• 5:42
  see
• 5:42
  someone
• 5:43
  as
• 5:43
  a
• 5:43
  sibling
• 5:43
  in
• 5:44
  Christ,
• 5:44
  we
• 5:45
  can't
• 5:45
  unsee
• 5:46
  it.
• 5:47
  The
• 5:47
  old
• 5:47
  categories
• 5:48
  stop
• 5:48
  working.
• 5:49
  Been
• 5:50
  married
• 5:50
  for
• 5:50
  34
• 5:50
  years.
• 5:51
  My
• 5:51
  wife
• 5:51
  and
• 5:51
  I
• 5:51
  have
• 5:51
  watched
• 5:52
  our
• 5:52
  relationships
• 5:53
  evolve
• 5:53
  through
• 5:53
  every
• 5:54
  season.
• 5:55
  Dating
• 5:55
  newlyweds,
• 5:56
  exhausted
• 5:57
  parents,
• 5:57
  empty
• 5:57
  nesters,
• 5:58
  and
• 5:58
  now
• 5:59
  grandparents
• 5:59
  laughing
• 6:00
  at
• 6:01
  our
• 6:01
  granddaughters.
• 6:02
  And
• 6:02
  each
• 6:03
  stage
• 6:03
  requires
• 6:03
  us
• 6:04
  to
• 6:04
  see
• 6:04
  each
• 6:05
  other
• 6:05
  differently.
• 6:06
  So
• 6:07
  let
• 6:07
  the
• 6:07
  relationship
• 6:08
  grow
• 6:08
  into
• 6:08
  something
• 6:08
  new.
• 6:10
  But
• 6:10
  the
• 6:10
  gospel
• 6:11
  asks
• 6:11
  even
• 6:11
  more.
• 6:11
  It
• 6:11
  asks
• 6:12
  us
• 6:12
  to
• 6:12
  see
• 6:12
  every
• 6:12
  person
• 6:14
  as
• 6:14
  family,
• 6:14
  especially
• 6:15
  those
• 6:15
  our
• 6:15
  society
• 6:16
  tells
• 6:17
  us
• 6:17
  they
• 6:17
  are.
• 6:17
  The
• 6:18
  other
• 6:20
  point
• 6:21
  to
• 6:21
  ponder
• 6:21
  number
• 6:21
  two.
• 6:23
  True
• 6:23
  transformation
• 6:24
  creates
• 6:25
  accountability,
• 6:26
  not
• 6:26
  just
• 6:27
  feelings.
• 6:28
  Here's
• 6:29
  what
• 6:29
  I
• 6:29
  love
• 6:29
  about
• 6:29
  Paul's
• 6:30
  approach.
• 6:30
  He
• 6:30
  doesn't
• 6:31
  just
• 6:31
  say,
• 6:31
  onesimus
• 6:32
  is
• 6:32
  your
• 6:32
  brother
• 6:33
  now.
• 6:33
  Good
• 6:33
  luck
• 6:33
  with
• 6:34
  that.
• 6:34
  He
• 6:34
  puts
• 6:35
  skin
• 6:35
  in
• 6:35
  the
• 6:35
  game.
• 6:36
  Listen
• 6:36
  to
• 6:37
  this.
• 6:37
  If
• 6:38
  he
• 6:38
  damaged
• 6:38
  anything
• 6:38
  or
• 6:39
  owes
• 6:39
  you
• 6:39
  anything,
• 6:39
  chalk
• 6:40
  it
• 6:40
  up
• 6:40
  to
• 6:40
  my
• 6:40
  account.
• 6:41
  This
• 6:42
  is
• 6:42
  my
• 6:42
  personal
• 6:42
  signature.
• 6:43
  Paul
• 6:44
  and
• 6:44
  I
• 6:44
  stand
• 6:44
  behind
• 6:45
  it.
• 6:45
  Do
• 6:46
  you
• 6:46
  get
• 6:46
  that?
• 6:47
  Paul
• 6:47
  is
• 6:47
  willing
• 6:48
  to
• 6:48
  pay
• 6:48
  the
• 6:48
  cost
• 6:49
  of
• 6:49
  reconciliation.
• 6:51
  He's
• 6:51
  not
• 6:51
  asking
• 6:52
  Philema
• 6:52
  to
• 6:53
  do
• 6:53
  something
• 6:53
  he
• 6:53
  wouldn't
• 6:54
  participate
• 6:55
  in
• 6:55
  himself.
• 6:56
  That's
• 6:56
  what
• 6:57
  real
• 6:57
  advocacy
• 6:58
  looks
• 6:58
  like.
• 6:59
  Not
• 6:59
  just
• 7:00
  holding
• 7:00
  good
• 7:01
  opinions,
• 7:01
  but
• 7:01
  absorbing
• 7:03
  some
• 7:03
  of
• 7:03
  the
• 7:03
  cost.
• 7:05
  In
• 7:05
  my
• 7:05
  work
• 7:05
  with
• 7:06
  cancer
• 7:07
  folks
• 7:07
  at
• 7:07
  in
• 7:07
  my
• 7:08
  cancer
• 7:08
  podcast,
• 7:09
  I
• 7:09
  talk
• 7:09
  with
• 7:09
  people
• 7:09
  walking
• 7:10
  through
• 7:11
  unimaginably
• 7:12
  hard
• 7:12
  seasons.
• 7:12
  And
• 7:13
  here's
• 7:13
  what
• 7:14
  I've
• 7:14
  learned.
• 7:14
  The
• 7:15
  friends
• 7:15
  who
• 7:15
  matter
• 7:15
  most
• 7:16
  aren't
• 7:16
  the
• 7:16
  ones
• 7:16
  who
• 7:16
  say,
• 7:17
  let
• 7:17
  me
• 7:17
  know
• 7:17
  if
• 7:17
  you
• 7:18
  need
• 7:18
  anything.
• 7:18
  They're
• 7:19
  the
• 7:19
  ones
• 7:19
  who
• 7:19
  show
• 7:19
  up
• 7:20
  with
• 7:21
  groceries
• 7:21
  or
• 7:22
  who
• 7:22
  sit
• 7:22
  in
• 7:22
  the
• 7:22
  waiting
• 7:23
  rooms
• 7:23
  or
• 7:23
  put
• 7:24
  their
• 7:24
  own
• 7:24
  comfort
• 7:25
  on
• 7:26
  the
• 7:26
  line.
• 7:27
  That's
• 7:27
  what
• 7:27
  Paul's
• 7:28
  doing
• 7:28
  here.
• 7:28
  He's
• 7:28
  not
• 7:28
  offering
• 7:28
  thoughts
• 7:29
  and
• 7:29
  prayers.
• 7:30
  He
• 7:31
  has
• 7:31
  his
• 7:31
  signature
• 7:33
  on
• 7:33
  a
• 7:33
  debt
• 7:35
  point
• 7:35
  to
• 7:35
  ponder
• 7:36
  number
• 7:36
  three.
• 7:37
  Paul
• 7:37
  uses
• 7:38
  his
• 7:38
  influence
• 7:39
  to
• 7:39
  elevate
• 7:40
  someone
• 7:41
  without
• 7:41
  power.
• 7:43
  Notice
• 7:43
  what
• 7:43
  Paul
• 7:44
  is
• 7:44
  doing
• 7:44
  structurally
• 7:45
  here.
• 7:45
  He
• 7:45
  has
• 7:45
  authority.
• 7:46
  He
• 7:47
  even
• 7:47
  admits
• 7:47
  that
• 7:47
  he
• 7:48
  could
• 7:48
  command
• 7:48
  Philemon.
• 7:49
  But
• 7:49
  he
• 7:49
  doesn't.
• 7:50
  Instead,
• 7:50
  he
• 7:51
  uses
• 7:51
  his
• 7:51
  relational
• 7:52
  capital
• 7:53
  to
• 7:53
  advocate
• 7:54
  for
• 7:54
  Onesimus,
• 7:56
  who
• 7:56
  has
• 7:56
  no
• 7:56
  power
• 7:56
  in
• 7:57
  his
• 7:57
  own
• 7:57
  situation
• 7:57
  whatsoever.
• 7:59
  That's
• 8:00
  how
• 8:00
  privilege
• 8:00
  should
• 8:00
  function.
• 8:01
  Not
• 8:01
  to
• 8:01
  accumulate
• 8:02
  more
• 8:02
  privilege,
• 8:03
  but
• 8:03
  to
• 8:03
  create
• 8:04
  space
• 8:04
  for
• 8:04
  those
• 8:04
  who
• 8:05
  have
• 8:05
  none.
• 8:06
  Paul
• 8:06
  leverages
• 8:07
  his
• 8:07
  relationship
• 8:07
  with
• 8:08
  Philemon
• 8:09
  for
• 8:09
  the
• 8:09
  benefit
• 8:09
  of
• 8:10
  somebody
• 8:10
  society
• 8:11
  considered
• 8:12
  disposable.
• 8:14
  I
• 8:14
  think
• 8:14
  about
• 8:14
  this
• 8:15
  when
• 8:15
  I
• 8:15
  watch
• 8:15
  the
• 8:15
  teams
• 8:16
  I
• 8:16
  like
• 8:16
  to
• 8:16
  follow.
• 8:16
  The
• 8:17
  Colts,
• 8:17
  the
• 8:17
  Pacers,
• 8:18
  the
• 8:18
  Fever.
• 8:19
  Indiana
• 8:19
  football.
• 8:20
  Indiana
• 8:20
  University
• 8:20
  football.
• 8:22
  When
• 8:22
  a
• 8:22
  veteran
• 8:23
  player
• 8:23
  uses
• 8:23
  their
• 8:23
  status
• 8:24
  to
• 8:24
  mentor
• 8:24
  a
• 8:24
  rookie
• 8:25
  or
• 8:25
  to
• 8:25
  advocate
• 8:26
  for
• 8:26
  them,
• 8:27
  to
• 8:27
  help
• 8:27
  them
• 8:27
  find
• 8:27
  their
• 8:27
  footing,
• 8:28
  that's
• 8:29
  kind
• 8:29
  of
• 8:29
  what
• 8:29
  Paul
• 8:29
  is
• 8:29
  talking
• 8:30
  about
• 8:30
  here.
• 8:30
  He
• 8:31
  is
• 8:31
  modeling
• 8:31
  it.
• 8:32
  He's
• 8:32
  not
• 8:32
  threatened
• 8:33
  by
• 8:33
  any
• 8:33
  of
• 8:33
  his
• 8:33
  growth
• 8:34
  he's
• 8:34
  investing
• 8:35
  in
• 8:35
  it.
• 8:36
  The
• 8:36
  question
• 8:37
  for
• 8:37
  us
• 8:37
  is
• 8:38
  who
• 8:38
  do
• 8:38
  we
• 8:39
  have
• 8:39
  an
• 8:39
  influence
• 8:39
  with
• 8:40
  in
• 8:40
  our
• 8:40
  lives
• 8:41
  and
• 8:41
  who
• 8:41
  has
• 8:41
  no
• 8:42
  voice
• 8:42
  in
• 8:42
  that
• 8:42
  space?
• 8:43
  And
• 8:44
  those
• 8:44
  two
• 8:44
  answers
• 8:44
  should
• 8:46
  shape
• 8:47
  our
• 8:47
  advocacy.
• 8:47
  So
• 8:48
  let's
• 8:48
  talk
• 8:48
  about
• 8:48
  an
• 8:48
  action
• 8:49
  step.
• 8:49
  Let's
• 8:50
  make
• 8:50
  this
• 8:50
  practical.
• 8:51
  Would
• 8:51
  you
• 8:51
  think
• 8:52
  about
• 8:52
  one
• 8:52
  relationship
• 8:52
  where
• 8:53
  you
• 8:53
  hold
• 8:53
  more
• 8:53
  social
• 8:54
  power
• 8:54
  for
• 8:54
  whatever
• 8:55
  reason?
• 8:56
  Maybe
• 8:56
  it's
• 8:56
  at
• 8:56
  work,
• 8:57
  maybe
• 8:57
  you're
• 8:57
  the
• 8:57
  boss.
• 8:57
  Maybe
• 8:58
  it's
• 8:58
  in
• 8:58
  the
• 8:58
  neighborhood
• 8:58
  or
• 8:59
  church,
• 9:00
  wherever.
• 9:00
  And
• 9:00
  ask
• 9:01
  yourself,
• 9:01
  is
• 9:01
  there
• 9:01
  someone
• 9:01
  in
• 9:02
  that
• 9:02
  space
• 9:03
  whose
• 9:03
  voice
• 9:04
  isn't
• 9:04
  being
• 9:04
  heard
• 9:05
  that
• 9:05
  you
• 9:05
  could
• 9:05
  do
• 9:05
  something
• 9:06
  about
• 9:06
  to
• 9:07
  help
• 9:07
  them
• 9:07
  be
• 9:07
  heard?
• 9:08
  Your
• 9:08
  action
• 9:09
  step
• 9:09
  is
• 9:09
  simple.
• 9:10
  Use
• 9:10
  your
• 9:10
  influence
• 9:11
  on
• 9:11
  their
• 9:11
  behalf.
• 9:13
  Speak
• 9:13
  their
• 9:13
  name
• 9:14
  in
• 9:14
  a
• 9:14
  meeting.
• 9:15
  Advocate
• 9:16
  for
• 9:16
  their
• 9:16
  idea.
• 9:17
  Open
• 9:18
  a
• 9:18
  door
• 9:18
  that's
• 9:18
  closed
• 9:18
  for
• 9:19
  them.
• 9:20
  Yeah,
• 9:20
  you
• 9:20
  can't
• 9:20
  fix
• 9:21
  everything,
• 9:22
  but
• 9:22
  you
• 9:22
  can
• 9:22
  make
• 9:23
  an
• 9:23
  impact
• 9:23
  on
• 9:23
  at
• 9:23
  least
• 9:24
  one
• 9:24
  person.
• 9:25
  Do
• 9:25
  what
• 9:25
  Paul
• 9:26
  did.
• 9:26
  Put
• 9:26
  your
• 9:26
  name
• 9:27
  behind
• 9:27
  someone
• 9:28
  who
• 9:28
  needs
• 9:28
  it.
• 9:29
  We'll
• 9:29
  come
• 9:30
  back
• 9:30
  with
• 9:30
  a
• 9:30
  closing
• 9:30
  prayer
• 9:31
  here
• 9:31
  in
• 9:31
  just
• 9:32
  a
• 9:32
  minute,
• 9:33
  but
• 9:33
  before
• 9:33
  we
• 9:33
  do,
• 9:34
  just
• 9:34
  want
• 9:34
  to
• 9:34
  let
• 9:34
  you
• 9:34
  know
• 9:34
  that
• 9:34
  we
• 9:35
  have
• 9:35
  a
• 9:35
  great
• 9:35
  resource
• 9:36
  for
• 9:36
  you
• 9:36
  called
• 9:36
  the
• 9:37
  ABC
• 9:37
  1,
• 9:37
  2,
• 9:38
  3
• 9:38
  Bible
• 9:38
  study
• 9:39
  method.
• 9:39
  Please
• 9:40
  head
• 9:40
  over
• 9:40
  to
• 9:40
  our
• 9:40
  website,
• 9:41
  voiceofgodddaily.com
• 9:44
  that's
• 9:45
  where
• 9:45
  you
• 9:45
  pick
• 9:45
  it
• 9:45
  up.
• 9:46
  Let's
• 9:46
  pray.
• 9:47
  God
• 9:48
  of
• 9:48
  the
• 9:48
  prisoner
• 9:48
  and
• 9:48
  the
• 9:49
  free,
• 9:49
  the
• 9:49
  powerful
• 9:49
  and
• 9:50
  the
• 9:50
  powerless,
• 9:51
  we
• 9:51
  come
• 9:51
  to
• 9:51
  you
• 9:52
  grateful.
• 9:52
  This
• 9:52
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• 9:53
  little
• 9:53
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• 9:53
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• 9:53
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• 9:54
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• 9:54
  our
• 9:55
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• 9:55
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• 9:56
  ask
• 9:56
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• 9:56
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• 9:58
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• 9:58
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• 9:59
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• 9:59
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• 9:59
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• 10:00
  their
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  boxes
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  because
• 10:01
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• 10:01
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• 10:01
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• 10:02
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• 10:02
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• 10:03
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• 10:03
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• 10:03
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• 10:03
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• 10:03
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• 10:04
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• 10:04
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• 10:04
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• 10:04
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• 10:04
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• 10:05
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• 10:05
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• 10:06
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• 10:06
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• 10:07
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• 10:07
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• 10:08
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• 10:09
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• 10:09
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• 10:09
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• 10:09
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• 10:11
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• 10:11
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• 10:12
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• 10:13
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• 10:13
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• 10:14
  people
• 10:14
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• 10:14
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• 10:14
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• 10:16
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• 10:16
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• 10:16
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• 10:16
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• 10:17
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• 10:17
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• 10:18
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• 10:18
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• 10:18
  strangers.
• 10:19
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• 10:20
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• 10:20
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• 10:20
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• 10:21
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• 10:21
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• 10:22
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• 10:22
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• 10:22
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• 10:22
  those
• 10:23
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• 10:23
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• 10:23
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• 10:25
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• 10:25
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• 10:25
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• 10:25
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• 10:25
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• 10:26
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• 10:26
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• 10:27
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• 10:27
  that
• 10:27
  we
• 10:28
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• 10:28
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• 10:28
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• 10:28
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• 10:30
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• 10:30
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• 10:31
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• 10:31
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• 10:31
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• 10:31
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• 10:31
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• 10:32
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• 10:32
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• 10:34
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• 10:35
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