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Shmoop in the bible Galatians philippians and philemon

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Yeah that's a thing Well Cecil B. DeShmoop

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here and today we're tackling three letters from apostle, Paul [Paul writing letter]

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well paul starts his letter to the galatians with some

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serious beef He hears that the galatians have been getting

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the gospel twisted in turning their backs on god that's

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a pretty big no no Well paul goes on to

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remind them all about his backstory he's not looking to [Cecil discussing paul's story]

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turn his life story into a movie deal or anything

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but you know it's pretty moving paul began by persecuting

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christians but after a vision from god he pulled a [Paul struck by lightning]

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one eighty You know that paul's big gripe was the

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jewish christians have been telling the gentile converts that they

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have to follow jewish law which includes circumcision Paul let's [Man appears with chainsaw]

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the galatians know that they don't have to get circumcised

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let maybe they should follow a couple of jewish laws

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but definitely not all six hundred thirteen allowing a pause

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for the collective sigh of relief from every adult male

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galatians Paul reaches back into the torah to make his [Paul reaches into torah]

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case for gentile christians doing their own thing instead of

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obeying the jewish law paul says jewish law was just

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a placeholder until jesus arrived Yeah guidelines really well paul

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ends by telling the galatians to stay away from impurities [Cecil sitting by the fire]

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and just live good clean christian lives Well he leaves

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them with another reminder that they don't need to get

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circumcised again although i'm not really sure any time needed [Paul reminding galatians not to get circumsized]

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to be told that twice and you know then he

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makes his goodbyes So paul opens his letter to the

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philippians by telling them how crazy pleased he is with

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their work They've been generous to him and they've been

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working hard to spread the word of jesus Yeah paul

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is totally happy and oh yeah totally in prison Well [Paul smiling in prison]

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turns out not everyone is happy about him spreading the

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word of jesus he's not sweating it though he's making

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the best of the situation well he reminds the philippians

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to keep jesus as their role model Be nice to

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each other grand share what they have and well you

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know don't complain he warns The philippians to beware of

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some outside agitators who are advocating circumcision talk about an [Men riding horses with scissors]

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uphill battle paul is like yeah i was circumcised but

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i was eight days old not forty so you guys

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are good the way you are Paul ends with some

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shout outs to various members of the philippi in church

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He thanks them for the gift They sent him in [Paul cuts cake and key appears]

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prison and sends peace love and hope their way all

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right onto our last letter The letter to Philemon

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on Well apparently paul met a runaway slave named own

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s imus in prison Anyway the big O paul that

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he actually ran away from paul's good friend Philemon

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on out gets tricky Paul writes to philly mon like

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totally not telling you what to do but it would

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be really nice if you welcome to the big o

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back with open arms like that journey song and maybe

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freed him But paul ends by saying he'll be coming

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to visit soon which i'll put just a little pressure [Philemon standing by mailbox]

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on Fill him on if you ask me yeah and

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that wraps up this thrilling edition of shmoop in

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the bible until next time i'm Cecil B. DeShmoop..

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