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Where Do I Start to Study the Bible? | How to Study the Bible with Joyce Meyer - YouTube
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WHERE DO I BEGIN?
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HOW DO I GET STARTED?
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
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IS THERE A GOOD PLACE
IN THE BIBLE TO START?
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JOYCE: YEAH, FIRST OF ALL,
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY RULE
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ON HOW YOU START BUT A LOT
OF PEOPLE RECOMMEND STARTING
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WITH THE BOOK OF JOHN.
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SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE GIVING
THE BIBLE AWAY, IF WE CAN'T GIVE
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THE WHOLE BIBLE OR IT'S NOT IN
AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO GIVE THE
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WHOLE BIBLE, WE WILL GIVE THE
BOOK OF JOHN IF WE HAVE TO MAKE
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A CHOICE BECAUSE IT IS,
YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE GOSPEL
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IN THAT BOOK AND JOHN
TALKS A LOT ABOUT LOVING GOD
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AND GOD'S LOVE FOR US.
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HE TALKS A LOT ABOUT--
HE EVEN CALLED HIMSELF,
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"I'M THE DISCIPLE
WHOM JESUS LOVED"
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AND ACTUALLY THAT SOUNDS
KIND OF PRIDEFUL AND HAUGHTY,
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BUT GOD WANTS US
TO BEGIN TO THINK LIKE THAT,
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THAT HE LOVES US.
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AND SO THAT'S A
GOOD PLACE TO START.
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PSALMS ARE ALWAYS VERY
COMFORTING, AND I PROBABLY
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WOULDN'T RECOMMEND
STARTING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
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BUT I MEAN IF SOMEBODY
WANTED TO START IN GENESIS,
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IT WOULDN'T BE A BAD THING.
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I MEAN, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY
THAT THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF THE
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BIBLE IS REALLY TRUE AND
THEY JUST STARTED IN GENESIS
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AND READ ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
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A PART OF THAT DEPENDS ON
WHAT KIND OF A READER YOU ARE,
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I THINK, AND HOW
SCHOLASTICALLY-MINDED YOU ARE.
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IF YOU'RE EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT,
YOU CAN PROBABLY UNDERSTAND
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PARTS OF IT THAT, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE--
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I MEAN, I LIKE THE
SIMPLE STUFF MYSELF,
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NOT THAT I'M NOT INTELLIGENT,
BUT I'M NOT SCHOLARLY,
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SO I LIKE THE--
I LIKE THE PRACTICAL STUFF.
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AND THE EPISTLES
ARE REAL PRACTICAL,
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THE MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE,
AND JOHN ARE THE BOOKS
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THAT THE APOSTLES
WROTE, THE GOSPELS.
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AND THEN YOU GET INTO THE
EPISTLES: GALATIANS, EPHESIANS,
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PHILIPPIANS, AND COLOSSIANS.
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AND THOSE ARE A LOT
OF JUST THE REAL PRACTICAL,
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HOW TO LIVE EVERYDAY
LIFE INSTRUCTIONS, GET ALONG,
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DON'T FIGHT, STAY OUT OF STRIFE,
BE GOOD TO PEOPLE.
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AND I LOVE TO READ
THOSE BECAUSE THEY JUST--
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THEY'RE GOOD REMINDERS FOR ME
ABOUT EVEN MY DAILY BEHAVIOR
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NOW AFTER 35 YEARS
IN THE WORD OF GOD.
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GINGER: AND WE
ALL NEED REMINDED.
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WELL, THAT LEADS ME
TO THE QUESTION THEN,
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WHEN I'M READ THE BIBLE,
DO I READ IT LITERALLY?
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I MEAN, IS IT LITERAL TRUTH?
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JOYCE: I BELIEVE THAT IT IS.
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I MEAN, THERE ARE THINGS THAT
YOU READ THAT WERE PERTINENT
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TO THE CULTURE OF THAT DAY,
AND SO IT IS GOOD TO HAVE SOME--
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EVEN LIKE A BOOK THAT
TEACHES YOU ABOUT BIBLE HISTORY,
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THE CULTURE OF THE TIMES
WHEN THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN.
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FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MIGHT FIND
IN THERE WHERE PAUL SAID
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THAT A WOMAN SHOULD NOT WEAR
PEARLS AND EXPENSIVE JEWELRY
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OR HAVE FANCY HAIRDOS OR,
YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
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AND SO THEN PEOPLE HAVE
TAKEN IT DOWN THROUGH THE AGES,
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"WELL, IT'S SINFUL
TO WEAR JEWELRY
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AND IT'S SINFUL
TO DO THIS AND THAT."
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BUT ACTUALLY THE POINT WAS THAT
THE ONLY WOMEN IN THOSE DAYS
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WHO DID THAT WERE PROSTITUTES.
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AND SO PAUL DIDN'T
WANT CHRISTIAN WOMEN
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TO APPEAR TO BE LIKE THAT.
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TODAY THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
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IF I WEAR NICE JEWELRY,
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THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT I'M A LOOSE WOMAN.
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SO THERE ARE THINGS IN THERE,
EVEN LIKE HEAD COVERINGS
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AND EVEN SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT PAUL SAID ABOUT WOMEN
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AND HOW THEY COULD OR COULD NOT
BE USED IN SPIRITUAL THINGS,
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A LOT OF THOSE THINGS
WERE CULTURAL THINGS.
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WOMEN, IN THOSE DAYS, WERE VERY
UNEDUCATED AND SO PAUL SAID,
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"IF YOU GOT A QUESTION,
ASK YOUR HUSBAND AT HOME."
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I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND.
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EVEN THE MEN SAT ON
ONE SIDE OF THE CHURCH,
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WOMEN SAT ON THE OTHER.
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SO HE DIDN'T WANT
WOMEN YELLING QUESTIONS
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ACROSS THE AISLE
TO THEIR HUSBANDS.
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SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT,
THE TRUTH THAT'S THERE IS STILL
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A TRUTH BUT YOU HAVE
TO UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE
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IN WHICH IT WAS WRITTEN.
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AND EVEN THINGS THAT WE
READ IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
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YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE
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IN THE OLD COVENANT
AND THE NEW.
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SO THANK GOD THERE'S
LOTS OF BOOKS THAT ARE STILL
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THE WORD OF GOD THAT
HELP US TO UNDERSTAND
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THE WORD IN A MORE
PRACTICAL WAY.
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AS, YOU KNOW,
MANY PEOPLE KNOW, I'VE WRITTEN
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OVER 90 BOOKS MYSELF,
SOME OF THEM ARE LARGER BOOKS,
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SOME ARE SMALLER BOOKS.
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WE HAVE SO MUCH INFORMATION
AVAILABLE TO US TODAY.
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NOW, NOT EVERYTHING
THAT EVERYBODY WRITES
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IS SOMETHING THAT YOU
CAN AFFORD TO BELIEVE
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BECAUSE ANYBODY
CAN WRITE A BOOK.
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SO YOU WANT TO HAVE--ESPECIALLY
IN THE BEGINNING OF YOUR WALK
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WITH GOD, IF YOU'RE NOT
ACCUSTOMED TO STUDYING
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AND YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE YET
TO RECOGNIZE TRUTH FOR YOURSELF,
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IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO GET
SOME RECOMMENDATIONS
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FROM SOMEBODY.
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BUT LIKE I COULD SAY,
FOR EXAMPLE--
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OF COURSE I'M GONNA
RECOMMEND MY OWN BOOKS,
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BUT, YOU KNOW, I RECOMMEND--
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ANDREW MURRAY HAS JUST
BEEN AWESOME FOR ME.
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I MEAN, HE'S BEEN HOME
WITH THE LORD FOR A LONG TIME.
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HE WAS AN AFRICAN GENTLEMAN
AND HE JUST--HE WROTE SO MANY
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AMAZING BOOKS AND HE HAS THEM
IN 31-DAY DEVOTIONAL TYPE BOOKS.
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I'M READING
ANOTHER ONE RIGHT NOW.
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I JUST STARTED ONE
A COUPLE DAYS AGO CALLED
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"THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST" AND
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT
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IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.
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WELL, I KNOW THAT,
BUT IT'S JUST BRINGING IT FRESH
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TO MY REMEMBRANCE AGAIN.
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AND SO IN 31 DAYS, I CAN
GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE BOOK.
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AND HE HAS ONES THAT ARE SMALL.
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HE HAS ONES THAT ARE BIGGER.
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WE HAVE SEVERAL
DEVOTIONALS OUT THAT GIVE YOU
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A LITTLE MINI TEACHING
IN THE WORD OF GOD.
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THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT
STUDY TOOLS AND STUDY AIDS,
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AND WE'RE GONNA
GET INTO THAT AS WE GO
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A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO DEEPER.
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BUT I RECOMMEND
GETTING A BIBLE TRANSLATION
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THAT YOU FEEL
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND.
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GINGER: IS THERE
ONE YOU SUGGEST?
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JOYCE: WELL, I USE THE
AMPLIFIED BIBLE ALL THE TIME.
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YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT
OPINIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS.
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THERE'S THE NEW KING JAMES
IS GOOD.
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THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
IS GOOD.
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THE AMPLIFIED TAKES SOME OF
THE GREEK TEXT AND AMPLIFIES IT
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SO IT'S A LITTLE
BIT LONGER TO READ
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AND THIS HELPS ME
TO UNDERSTAND SOME THINGS
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THAT I MIGHT NOT
UNDERSTAND OTHERWISE.
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LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, FAITH.
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THIS TELLS ME THAT FAITH IS
THE LEANING OF THE ENTIRE HUMAN
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PERSONALITY ON GOD, AND
ABSOLUTE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE
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IN HIS POWER,
WISDOM, AND GOODNESS.
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SO IN ANOTHER TRANSLATION, I
MIGHT READ "HAVE FAITH IN GOD."
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IF I READ THIS IT SAYS,
"HAVE FAITH IN GOD"
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AND THEN IT TELLS ME
WHAT THAT FAITH IS.
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IT'S ME LEANING ALL
OF MYSELF ON GOD BELIEVING
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THAT HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO,
HE'S GOOD ENOUGH TO DO IT,
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AND HE WILL DO IT IN THE
RIGHT WAY AT THE RIGHT TIME.
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SO THAT'S KIND OF THE
DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THESE
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