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The goal of the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary series is to clearly convey every thought contained in the Bible by presenting the message of each passage as well as an overview of other issues surrounding the text in an accessible but high-level discussion of scriptural interpretation. The nearly 40 scholars, many of whom participated in the creation of the New Living Translation, are...

the Spirit.” The verb for “walk” (peripateite [TG4043, ZG4344]) is translated “live” at 5:16; it is used frequently by both Paul and John to refer to the way a person conducts his or her life, and it is drawn from the Old Testament word halak [TH1980, ZH2143], which can be used similarly. For example, Genesis 5:24 says that “Enoch walked with God” (KJV). There, the verb halak, as in many other places, means to do something habitually (cf. Gen 6:9 concerning Noah or Gen 17:1 in God’s command to
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