© 1979 by J. I. Packer
© 1979 by J. I. Packer
New material © 1993 by J. I. Packer
First published in Great Britain 1965
by Hodder and Stoughton
Second edition 1979
Revised and enlarged edition 1993
First Baker edition published in 1988
Second Baker revised and enlarged edition 1994
Published by Baker Books a division of Baker Book House Company P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
ISBN: 0-8010-7128-3
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