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17 [a]For the first step toward Wisdom is an earnest desire for discipline;(A)
18     then, care for discipline is love of her;
    love means the keeping of her laws;
To observe her laws is the basis for incorruptibility;
19     and incorruptibility makes one close to God;

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  1. 6:17–20 This type of reasoning approximates the rhetorical sorites, a series of statements in which the predicate of each becomes the subject of the next. Cf. Rom 5:3–5.

17 The beginning of wisdom[a] is the most sincere desire for instruction,
and concern for instruction is love of her,
18 and love of her is the keeping of her laws,
and giving heed to her laws is assurance of immortality,
19 and immortality brings one near to God;

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  1. Wisdom 6:17 Gk Her beginning

17 Wisdom begins when you sincerely want to learn. To desire Wisdom is to love her; 18 to love her is to keep her laws; to keep her laws is to be certain of immortality; 19 immortality will bring you close to God.

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