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God Did Not Create Death
Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15 and 2:23-24
Good News Translation (GNT)
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13 God did not invent death, and when living
creatures die, it gives him no pleasure.
14 He created everything so that it might continue
to exist, and everything he created is
wholesome and good. There is no deadly
poison in them. No, death does not rule this
world,
15 for God's justice does not die.
Wisdom of Solomon chapter 2
23 When God created us, he did not intend for us
to die; he made us like himself.
24 It was the Devil's jealousy that brought death
into the world, and those who belong to the
Devil are the ones who will die.
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THE BOOK OF WISDOM
Wisdom, like Ecclesiastes, is attributed inside the book to King Solomon;
but It is a late book, written In the last century B.C., in the. expressive Greek of a well educated Hellenised Jew
The three main divisions in this well constructed book are distinguished in the present translation (Jerusalem Bible) by headings
I. Wisdom and .mans destiny ch.:1 - 5
ll The Origin. Nature, and the Effects of .Wisdom ch. 6-9
Ill, Wisdom and God in History, ch. 10-19
The last section concentrates attention on the EXODUS from Egypt as the supreme work. of God's provident wisdom, and it includes a: long digression on idolatry.
This book was not included in the canon of Hebrew scripture.
However, it was known to the writers of the New Testament who make use of it in several places.
Wikipedia
The Book of Wisdom, or the Wisdom of Solomon, is a book written in Greek and most likely composed in Alexandria, Egypt.
It is not part of the Hebrew Bible but is included in the Septuagint.
Generally dated to the mid-first century BC,[1] or to the reign of Caligula (AD 37-41)
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