Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good (Genesis 1:31).
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, 'Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for when you eat of it you shall surely die' (Genesis 2:16,17).
Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, 'Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? . . . For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil' (Genesis 3:1,5).
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate (Genesis 3:6).
To the woman He said: I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children; your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you (Genesis 3:16).
Cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, and you shall eat the herb of the field (Genesis 3:17,18).
In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return (Genesis 3:19).
For since by man came death. . . For as Adam all die (1 Corinthians 15:21-22).All Judged
And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that the judgment (Hebrews 9:27).
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).The reason for sin and death is traced back to Adam.
Adam's disobedience caused the sin nature to be passed on to all of us.
Therefore, just as through one person sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all humanity because all sinned (Romans 5:12).
For just as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous (Romans 5:19).
For the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).
But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die (Genesis 2:17).
The last enemy to be destroyed is death (1 Corinthians 15:26).
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