Wisdom 2:23-24

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²³for God created man for incorruption,
and made him in the image of his own eternity,^[a]
²⁴but through the devil’s envy death entered the world,
and those who belong to his party experience it.

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Wisdom 2:23 Other ancient authorities read nature

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