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evil work…” Let me stop right there.  Now,



             what is the apostle Paul saying?  He just told



             us  in  verse  6,  “For  I  am  now  ready  to  be



             offered, and the time of my departure is at



             hand.” He already knows what is ahead of



             him, but now we read in verse 18 that he



             says, “the Lord shall deliver me from every



             evil work.” Notice he did not say that the



             Lord will deliver me from every evil worker,



             because  evil  workers  brought  Paul  into



             court. He stood before an evil worker, Nero,



             who had persecuted many believers.




                    So in verse 18, we see Paul’s integrity, his



             virtue,  and  he  says  that  “the  Lord  shall



             deliver me from every evil work.”                                                What is



             the  apostle  Paul  saying  in  this  passage?







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