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Probation After Death
In the path of righteousness there is life,
in walking its path there is no death.
—New Revised Standard Version
Choosing a path in life is a prominent theme in Proverbs. Verse 4:26 counsels, “Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established,” and 11:5 has, “The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way.” A God-directed life, the writer declares, leads to immortality.
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Resources quoted in this issue
GT: New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
RR: Osborne, Grant R., et al., eds. The IVP New Testament Commentary Series. 20 vols. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press Academic, 1990–. Also available at biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries; NLT Study Bible. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2017.
Cit. 2: Stanley, Charles F. The Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Bible: New American Standard Bible. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2013.
Cit. 5: Barnes, Albert. Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Whole Bible. New York, 1834–85. Also available at biblehub.com/commentaries.
Cit. 10: Wilkins, Michael J. NIV Application Commentary: From Biblical Text . . . to Contemporary Life. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004.
Cit. 14: Buttrick, George Arthur, Nolan B. Harmon, et al., eds. The Interpreter’s Bible: A Commentary in Twelve Volumes. Vol. 11, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Pastoral Epistles, Philemon, Hebrews. Nashville: Abingdon, 1951–57.
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