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Why Weren't These "Secret" Books Included in the Bible? The Apocrypha

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The Apocrypha

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Why are the Apocrypha considered part of the canon of Scripture by some but not by others? Should you be reading the apocryphal books like you do the Bible? We magnify these supposed “lost books of the Bible” to see what all the fuss is about.
 

Some resources that take a deeper dive on the apocrypha:
https://www.ucg.org/beyond-today/blogs/bible-cliff-notes-between-the-tes...
https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/bible-questions-and-answers/what-i...
 
Scriptures referenced (explicitly or implicitly) in this episode:
03:41 - John 16:33
03:58 - Philippians 2:5-8
04:08 - 2 Corinthians 12:2
 
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