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Thanks again for sending me the permission form. I'm enclosing the
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% Joel
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Fred Peter
193 East St.~James Road
North Vancouver, B.C., CANADA V7N 1L1

\body

Dear Mr.~Peter,

\pay Joel 3:16 $210

On that day, God will roar from Mount Zion;$
\quad his voice will thunder from Jerusalem.$
The heavens and the earth will tremble and quake.$
But God will be a shelter for his people,$
\quad a mighty fortress for the Israelites.

\endletter\makelabel
% Zephaniah
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Ms.~Pam Jones
32 Sunnyside Road, Birnam
Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA 2196

\body

Dear Ms.~Jones,

\pay Zephaniah 3:16 $205

On that great day, Jerusalem will hear these words:$
\quad Zion, do not fear!$
\quad Don't let your hands hang limp!

\endletter\makelabel
% 2 Timothy
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~David Kindersley
152 Victoria Road
Cambridge, ENGLAND CB4 3DZ

\body

Dear David,

\pay 2 Timothy 3:16 $220

All Scripture, inspired by God, is beneficial:$
for principles, for persuasion, for correction,$
and for education about what is right.

\endletter\makelabel
\end
% 2 Chronicles
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Allen Q. Wong
1405 N.W. Vista Place
Corvallis, OR 97330

\body

Dear Mr.~Wong,

\pay 2 Chronicles 3:16 $202

He decorated the tops of the pillars$
with chains, as in the inner shrine.$
One hundred specially crafted pomegranates
were attached to each chain.

P.S. Hermann Zapf's address is Seitersweg 35,
D-6100 Darmstadt, West Germany.

\endletter\makelabel
% Hosea
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Steven Skaggs
517 Oxford Place
Louisville, KY 40207

\body

Dear Mr.~Skaggs,

\pay Hosea 4:11 $202

Orgies with old wine and new wine$
\quad are making my people lose their wits.

P.S.: I can certainly understand the concern in your note;
and although I don't expect to make a profit on this book,
it would certainly be nice if it turns out to be as successful
as you predict!

I hereby agree to arrange with my publishers
that, in second and subsequent editions of this book (if any), my
royalties will be decreased by 0.5\% of net, and this amount will be
paid to you instead.

(Please don't tell the others about this, since my royalties will
probably only be 10\% anyway; I can only afford to make this arrangement
with 20 of the calligraphers before going in the red!)

\endletter\makelabel
% James
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Jerry Kelly
c/o A. Colish
40 Hartford Avenue
Mount Vernon, NY 10550

\body

Dear Jerry,

\pay James 3:16 $205

Wherever there is jealousy or greed,$
there will be turmoil and all kinds of foul play.

\endletter\makelabel
% Leviticus
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Ismar David
132 Nassau Street
New York, NY 10038

\body

Dear Mr.~David,

\pay Leviticus 3:16 $205

The priest shall burn these pieces on the altar,$
as a food offering of pleasing aroma, made by fire.$
All of the fat belongs to God.

\endletter\makelabel
% Jonah
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Lili Cassel Wronker
144-44 Village Road
Jamaica, NY 11435

\body

Dear Ms.~Wronker,

\pay Jonah 4:6 $205

Then God made a plant spring up over Jonah's head,$
to give him some shade and to calm him down.$
This plant made Jonah very happy.

\endletter\makelabel
% Mark
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Adolf Bernd
Wilhelm-Raabe-Stra\ss e 20
D-3252 Bad M\"under 1, WEST GERMANY

\body

Dear Mr.~Bernd,

\pay Mark 3:16 $220

Jesus chose Simon,$
and gave him a new name:$
\quad `Rock'.

\endletter\makelabel
% Jeremiah
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Claude Dieterich
c/o Lilian Martinez Asos.
2216 Coral Way
Miami, FL 33145

\body

Dear Mr.~Dieterich,

\pay Jeremiah 3:16 $205

God declares that there will come a time$
when you return and repopulate the land.$
Then nobody will speak any more about$
``The Ark of the Covenant of the Lord.''$
People won't think about it; they won't remember it;$
they won't need it; they won't make another.

\endletter\makelabel
% Deuteronomy
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Ms.~Margaret Shepherd
267 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116

\body

Dear Ms.~Shepherd,

\pay Deuteronomy 3:16 $205

To the tribes of Reuben and Gad, I assigned the territory that runs$
from the Jabbok River in Gilead, as far as the Ammonite frontier,$
down to the Arnon River, extending to the middle of that riverbed.

\endletter\makelabel
% Judges
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Robert Borja
5136 Dorchester Avenue
Chicago, IL 60615

\body

Dear Mr.~Borja,

\pay Judges 3:16 $206

Ehud made himself a short, double-edged sword,$
and strapped it to his right thigh,$
underneath his clothes.

\endletter\makelabel
% Proverbs
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mrs.~Susie Taylor
1256 19th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94122

\body

Dear Mrs.~Taylor,

\pay Proverbs 3:16 $215

Wisdom: Long life is in her right hand,$
\quad and her left hand holds riches and honor.

\endletter\makelabel
% John
\payfalse \returnfalse
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Prof.~Hermann Zapf
Seitersweg 35
D-6100 Darmstadt, WEST GERMANY

\body

Dear Hermann,

\pay John 3:16 $

Yes, God loved the world so much that he$
gave his$
\quad only child,$
\quad\quad so that all$
\quad\quad\quad people with faith in him can$
\quad\quad\quad\quad escape destruction, and$
\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad live forever.

\endletter\makelabel
% Genesis
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Ms.~Karina Meister
Ten Kate Straat 65\mathdel''\mathdel
1053 BZ Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
%Mr.~R. Williams
%5703 Blackstone
%Chicago IL 60637

\body

Dear Ms.~Meister,
%Dear Mr.~Williams,

\pay Genesis 3:16 $

Turning to the woman, God said:$
\quad\llap{``}Great will be your troubles during pregnancy,$
\qquad and your labors during childbirth;$
\quad yet you will be filled with desire for your husband,$
\qquad and he will dominate you.''

\endletter\makelabel
% Numbers
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Erkki Ruuhinen
Riskutie 26
SF-00950 Helsinki, FINLAND

\body

Dear Mr.~Ruuhinen,

\pay Numbers 3:16 $

Moses enumerated the sons of Levi,$
as he had been commanded by God.

\endletter\makelabel
% Ruth
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Jovica Veljovi\'c
Gospodara Vu\v ci\'ca 229
Beograd, YUGOSLAVIA 11000

\body

Dear Mr.~Veljovi\'c,

\pay Ruth 3:16 $

When Ruth came back, Naomi said,$
``How did it go, my daughter?''$
And she told her mother-in-law everything$
that Boaz had done for her.

\endletter\makelabel
% 2 Kings
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Andrzej Kot
20-112, Vrodzka 19~m~2
Lublin, POLAND

\body

Dear Mr.~Kot,

\pay 2 Kings 3:16 $

Elisha declared, ``Here is what God says:$
Pools of water will fill this dry riverbed.''

\endletter\makelabel
% 1 Chronicles
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Prof.~Werner Schneider
Am Langen Land, 2.
D-5928 Bad Laasphe, WEST GERMANY

\body

Dear Prof.~Schneider,

\pay 1 Chronicles 3:16 $

The descendants of Jehoiakim were:$
Jeconiah, his son; Zedekiah, his son.

\endletter\makelabel
% Esther
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Fritz Eberhardt
Old Sumneytown Pike 942
Harleysville, PA 19438

\body

Dear Mr.~Eberhardt,

\pay Esther 4:1 $

When Mordecai heard the news, he tore his clothes into shreds,$
wrapped himself in coarse burlap, covered himself with ashes,$
and walked into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

\endletter\makelabel
% Song of Solomon
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Bent Rohde
4 Lindevej, Hareskov
DK-3500 V\ae rl\o se, DENMARK

\body

Dear Mr.~Rohde,

\pay Song of Solomon 4:5 $

Your graceful breasts are like two fawns,$
\quad like twin gazelles among the lilies.

\endletter\makelabel
% Daniel
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mrs.~Irmgard Horlbeck-Kappler
Dittrichring 14
DDR-701 Leipzig, EAST GERMANY

\body

Dear Mrs.~Horlbeck-Kappler,

\pay Daniel 3:16 $

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego looked at the king and said,$
``O Nebuchadnezzar, your decree does not require us$
\phantom{``}to answer you with words.''

\endletter\makelabel
% Habakkuk
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Prof.~Karlgeorg Hoefer
Weilburger Stra\ss e 7
D-6050 Offenbach, WEST GERMANY

\body

Dear Karlgeorg,

\pay Habakkuk 3:16 $

I heard this and my body quaked;$
\quad my pale lips quivered at the sound.$
My bones began to totter, and$
\quad I shook in terror where I stood.$
I calmly wait for days to come$
\quad when plunderers will meet with grief.

\endletter\makelabel
% Matthew
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Prof.~Friedrich Neugebauer
Ramsau 66
A-4822 Bad Goisern, AUSTRIA

\body

Dear Prof.~Neugebauer,

\pay Matthew 3:16 $

As soon as Jesus was baptized, he came up out of the water,$
and an amazing thing happened:$
The heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God$
coming down like a dove, to rest on him.

\endletter\makelabel
% John
\payfalse \returnfalse
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Prof.~Hermann Zapf
Seitersweg 35
D-6100 Darmstadt, WEST GERMANY

\body

Dear Hermann,

\pay John 3:16 $

Yes, God loved the world so much that he$
gave his$
\quad only child,$
\quad\quad so that all$
\quad\quad\quad people with faith in him can$
\quad\quad\quad\quad escape destruction, and$
\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad live forever.

\endletter\makelabel
% 1 Corinthians
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Villu Toots
A. Kapi t\"an 6-10
Tallinn / Eesti NSV
CCCP-200031 UdSSR, SOVIET UNION

\body

Dear Mr.~Toots,

\pay 1 Corinthians 3:16 $

Don't you know that you people are God's Inner Temple,$
and that God's Spirit is living among you?

\endletter\makelabel
% Galatians
% Note: Check to be sent to "him as private persone" to his bank:
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% Lehotsk\'eho 3
% 812\thinspace25 Bratislava, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
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\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~\v Lubom\'\i r Kr\'atky
Detvianska 6
\v CSSR-83106 Bratislava, CZECHOSLOVAKIA

\body

Dear Mr.~Kr\'atky,

\pay Galatians 3:16 $

Notice that the promises were addressed to Abraham and to his offspring.$
(The passage does not say `and to offsprings' in the plural;$
it uses the singular, `and to your offspring'---meaning Christ.)

\endletter\makelabel
% Ephesians
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mrs.~Kerstin Anckers
Br\"annkyrkagatan 13
S-11720 Stockholm, SWEDEN

\body

Dear Mrs.~Anckers,

\pay Ephesians 3:16 $

May God, who is so rich in glory,$
grant you additional strength through his Spirit,$
so that your inner selves will be powerful.

\endletter\makelabel
% 2 Thessalonians
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Gudrun Zapf - von Hesse
Seitersweg 35
D-6100 Darmstadt, WEST GERMANY

\body

Dear Gudrun,

\pay 2 Thessalonians 3:16 $

May the Lord of peace himself give you peace,$
at all times and in all ways.$
The Lord be with you all.

\endletter\makelabel
% 1 Peter
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Jos\'e Mendoza y Almeida
23 rue des Pommerets
F-92310 S\`evres, FRANCE

\body

Dear Mr.~Mendoza,

\pay 1 Peter 3:16 $

Maintain good will.$
Then, if people denounce you as criminals,$
they will be ashamed of themselves$
for slandering your Christian conduct.

\endletter\makelabel
% 1 John
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mrs.~Jeanyee Wong
131 East 19th Street
New York, NY 10003

\body

Dear Mrs.~Wong,

\pay 1 John 3:16 $

We have learned the meaning of love,$
because the Holy One laid down his life.$
Just as he did this for us,$
we too should lay down our lives for each other.

\endletter\makelabel
% Exodus
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Todor Vardjiev
Mladost I, BL.99 A, III
Sofia, BULGARIA 1156

\body

Dear Mr.~Vardjiev,

\pay Exodus 3:16 $

Go and call the leaders of Israel together.$
Tell them that Jehovah, the God of their ancestors---$
the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob---$
has appeared to you and said,$
``I have paid close attention to you here in Egypt,$
\phantom{``}and I have seen how you are being treated.''

\endletter\makelabel
% Joshua
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Richard Lipton
Bitstream, Inc.
215 First Street
Cambridge, MA 02142

\body

Dear Richard,

\pay Joshua 3:16 $

The water came to a standstill and accumulated$
far upstream at Adam, the town near Zarethan.$
This completely cut off the flow down to$
the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea),$
so the people were able to cross opposite Jericho.

\endletter\makelabel
% 1 Samuel
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Julian Waters
9423 Gentle Circle
Gaithersburg, MD 20879

\body

Dear Mr.~Waters,

\pay 1 Samuel 3:16 $

Eli called him, saying, ``Samuel, my son.''$
And he answered, ``Here I am.''

\endletter\makelabel
% 2 Samuel
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Wassil Jontschew
ul.~``6 Septemwz'' 3
Sofia, BULGARIA

\body

Dear Mr.~Jontschew,

\pay 2 Samuel 3:16 $

Michal's husband walked behind her, sobbing,$
as far as Bahurim; then Abner ordered him to go back.$
So he went back.

\endletter\makelabel
% 1 Kings
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Hermann Bongard
17 Bjerk\aa sen
N-1310 Blommenholm, NORWAY

\body

Dear Mr.~Bongard,

\pay 1 Kings 3:16 $

One day two prostitutes came to Solomon's hall of judgment$
and stood before the king.

\endletter\makelabel
% Ezra
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Derick Pao
904 Far East Finance Center
16 Harcourt Road
HONG KONG

\body

Dear Mr.~Pao,

\pay Ezra 4:3 $

Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other Israelite leaders replied,$
``No; the house of our God---Jehovah, the God of Israel---$
\phantom{``}should not be built with your assistance.$
\phantom{``}We must build it by ourselves, in accordance with the$
\phantom{``}command of his majesty, Cyrus the emperor of Persia.''

\endletter\makelabel
% Nehemiah
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Se\~nor Chaly Hauyon
Casilla 1759
Santiago, CHILE

\body

Dear Se\~nor Hauyon,

\pay Nehemiah 3:16 $

Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, leader of half the Beth-zur district,$
restored the next section of the wall,$
from a point facing the tombs of David,$
to the artificial pool and to the House of Heroes.

\endletter\makelabel
% Job
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Luigi Cesare Maletto
Via Cumiano 46
I-10141 Torino, ITALY

\body

Dear Mr.~Maletto,

\pay Job 3:16 $

Why wasn't I stillborn, hidden away?$
\quad a child who never saw the light of day?

\endletter\makelabel
% Psalms
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Ms.~Kris Holmes
15 Vandewater Street
San Francisco, CA 94133

\body

Dear Kris,

\pay Psalm 4:8 $

I'll lay me down in peace,$
\quad and go to sleep;$
for you alone, O God,$
\quad my safety keep.

\endletter\makelabel
% Ecclesiastes
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mrs.~Sheila Waters
20740 Warfield Court
Gaithersburg, MD 20879

\body

Dear Mrs.~Waters,

\pay Ecclesiates 3:16 $

I have also noticed something else under the sun:$
\quad in the places where justice ought to be, there is wickedness;$
\quad in the places where virtue ought to be, there is wickedness.

\endletter\makelabel
% Isaiah
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Donald Jackson
The Hendre Hall
The Hendre, Monmouth
Gwent, ENGLAND NP5 4HQ

\body

Dear Mr.~Jackson,

\pay Isaiah 3:16 $

God says: ``The women in this city are so haughty!$
\quad They strut around with heads held high,$
\qquad flirting with their eyes;$
\quad they mince along with dainty steps,$
\qquad jingling with their feet.''

\endletter\makelabel
% Lamentations
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mrs.~Georgia Deaver
c/o Neugebauer Press
Aigner Stra\ss e 127
A-5026 Salzburg, AUSTRIA

\body

Dear Mrs.~Deaver,

\pay Lamentations 3:16 $

Viciously he ground my teeth on gravel,$
\quad trampling me in dust and ashes.

\endletter\makelabel
% Ezekiel
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Sven H\"oglind
Fallstigen 24
S-18235 Danderyd, SWEDEN

\body

Dear Mr.~H\"oglind,

\pay Ezekiel 3:16 $

After I had been in a state of shock for seven days,$
God spoke strongly to me again.

\endletter\makelabel
% Amos
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Aloisio Sergio Magalh\~aes
Rua Meno Barreto 137, Botafogo
Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL

\body

Dear Mr.~Magalh\~aes,

\pay Amos 4:1 $

Listen to this, you fat cows of Bashan,$
\quad you women who live on the hill of Samaria:$
you, who squeeze the powerless and crush the penniless;$
you, who order your husbands to bring lots of drinks!

\endletter\makelabel
% Micah
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Timothy S. Girvin
Maritime Building, Suite 408
911 Western Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104

\body

Dear Tim,

\pay Micah 4:4 $

People will dwell in the shade$
\quad of their own vineyards$
\quad and their own fig trees;$
\quad nobody will disturb them.$
God Almighty has made this decree.

\endletter\makelabel
% Nahum
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Gunnlaugur SE Briem
21 Shepherd's Bush Road
London, ENGLAND W6 7LP

\body

Dear Gunnlauger,

\pay Nahum 3:16 $

Your merchants outnumbered the stars in the sky.$
Grubworms strip, then off they fly.

\endletter\makelabel
% Zechariah
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
M.~Claude Mediavilla
212 Avenue du Maine
F-75014 Paris, FRANCE

\body

Dear M.~Mediavilla,

\pay Zechariah 3:16 $

Then the angel answered me.$
``This is God's word to Zerubbabel:$
\quad \llap`Not by might, not by power,$
\quad but by my Spirit,' says God Almighty.''

\endletter\makelabel
% Malachi
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Ms.~Jacqueline Sakwa
Bitstream, Inc.
215 First Street
Cambridge, MA 02142

\body

Dear Jacky,

\pay Malachi 3:16 $

When people who revere God have$
discussed these things with each other,$
God has listened to them and understood them.$
A book has been written in his presence,$
containing a permanent record of those who$
revere him and keep his name in their thoughts.

\endletter\makelabel
% Luke
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mrs.~Alice Koeth
221 East 88th Street
New York, NY 10028

\body

Dear Alice,

\pay Luke 3:16 $

John told everybody, ``I am baptizing you with water.$
But someone more powerful is coming;$
I am not even fit to untie his shoes!$
He will baptize you with a holy Spirit, and with fire.''

\endletter\makelabel
% Acts
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mr.~Lothar Hoffman
20927 Country Club
Harper Woods, MI 48225

\body

Dear Mr.~Hoffman,

\pay Acts 3:16 $

By faith in the name of Jesus,$
the man you see here has become strong;$
and you know how lame he used to be!$
It was the name of Jesus,
and the faith that Jesus inspired,$
that gave him this gift of completeness$
in front of you all.

\endletter\makelabel
% Romans
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Prof.~Alfred Linz
Christian-Wildner-Stra\ss e 15
D-8500 N\"urnberg, WEST GERMANY

\body

Dear Prof.~Linz,

\pay Romans 3:16 $

They leave a trail of wreckage and misery.

\endletter\makelabel
% 2 Corinthians
\deklet \vskip 30pt \address
Mrs.~Edit Zig\'any
Gutenberg t\'er 2.
H-1088 Budapest, HUNGARY

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Dear Mrs.~Zig\'any,

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But when a person turns to the Lord,$
the heavy veil is removed.

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% Philippians
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Mr.~Guillermo Rodriguez-Benitez
G.P.O. Box 71320
San Juan, PUERTO RICO 00936

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Dear Mr.~Rodriguez-Benitez,

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Meanwhile, let us keep in step with the pace we have set.

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Ms.~Nazneen N. Billawala
2014 Colony Street, \#8
Mountain View, CA 94043

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Dear Neenie,

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Let Christ's word live exuberantly among you.$
Teach and guide each other in all wisdom.$
Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs;$
praise God with all your hearts!

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Mrs.~Margaret Snape
5 Bank Lane
North Sydney NSW 2060, AUSTRALIA

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Dear Mrs.~Snape,

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God wants you to be holy;$
you should keep away from sexual immorality.

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% 1 Timothy
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Mr.~Leonid Pronenko
Nevkipelova Street 15-67
CCCP-350065 Krasnodar UdSSR, SOVIET UNION

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Dear Mr.~Pronenko,

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We acknowledge that true religion$
is a great mystery: Christ was$
\quad revealed in body,$
\qquad justified in spirit;$
\quad witnessed by angels,$
\qquad proclaimed to pagans;$
\quad trusted on earth,$
\qquad glorified in heaven.

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Mr.~John Stevens
18 Manor Place
Huntington Station, NY 11746

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Dear Mr.~Stevens,

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Consider the people who listened and rebelled.$
Almost everybody who left Egypt with Moses did this.

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Jean Evans
142 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Dear Jean,

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Paul says this in all of his letters,$
whenever he refers to these things.$
Some of his writing is hard to understand;$
ignorant and insecure people distort his words,$
just as they twist the rest of the Scriptures,$
and they destroy themselves in the process.

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Mr.~Rick Cusick
11116 West 71st Street
Shawnee, KS 66203

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Dear Mr.~Cusick,

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Since you are merely lukewarm---$
\quad neither cold nor hot---$
I'm going to spit you out of my mouth!

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