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for the ungodly, refusing to know you, were flogged by the strength of your arm, pursued by unusual rains and hail and relentless storms, and utterly consumed by fire.
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For—most incredible of all—in water, which quenches all things, the fire had still greater effect, for the universe defends the righteous.
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