Inter-Varsity Press, England

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© Robin Routledge 2020

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Inter-Varsity Press, England, publishes Christian books that are true to the Bible and that communicate the gospel, develop discipleship and strengthen the church for its mission in the world.

IVP originated within the Inter-Varsity Fellowship, now the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship, a student movement connecting Christian Unions in universities and colleges throughout Great Britain, and a member movement of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. That historic association is maintained, and all senior IVP staff and committee members subscribe to the UCCF Basis of Faith. Website: www.uccf.org.uk.

InterVarsity Press®, USA, is the book-publishing division of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA® and a member movement of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. Website: www.intervarsity.org.

Unless otherwise stated, Scripture quotations are from the niv 2011. For Bible acknowledgments, see p. xii.

First published 2020

Set in Garamond 11/13pt

Typeset in Great Britain by CRB Associates, Potterhanworth, Lincolnshire

Printed and bound in Great Britain by Ashford Colour Press Ltd, Gosport, Hampshire

eBook by CRB Associates, Potterhanworth, Lincolnshire

Produced on paper from sustainable forests.

UK ISBN: 978–1–78359–964–6 (print)

UK ISBN: 978–1–78359–965–3 (digital)

US ISBN: 978–0–8308–4271–1 (print)

US ISBN: 978–0–8308–4278–0 (digital)

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