⁴ “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.^{(A) 5} “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,^(B) knowing good and evil.”

⁶ When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable^(C) for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband,^(D) who was with her, and he ate it.^{(E) 7} Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked;^(F) so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.^(G)

²¹ On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. ²² They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” ²³ Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel^(A) of the Lord struck him down,^(B) and he was eaten by worms and died.

⁴ The god^(A) of this age^(B) has blinded^(C) the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ,^(D) who is the image of God.^(E)