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We are not meant to die merely in order to be dead. God could not want that for the creatures to whom He has given the breath of life. We die in order to live.
We are not meant to die merely in order to be dead. God could not want that for the creatures to whom He has given the breath of life. We die in order to live.
Approximate author period: c. 1970 AD · modern
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- Elisabeth Elliot
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- Approximate author period: c. 1970 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1926 to 2015; Wikidata Q194614, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194614 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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