but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
Genesis 2:17 · WEBRead the whole chapter →
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In contrast toGenesis 3:4-5
God said the day they ate they would surely die; the serpent answered that they would not. The first doctrine ever denied was God's own warning.
“The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t surely die, for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.””
The same threadRomans 5:12
Paul traces death's entrance into the world back to this one command and this one choice.
“Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.”
In contrast toJames 1:13-14
God tempts no one. The boundary tested trust; the desire that followed was the couple's own.
“Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.”