When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image;(A) and he named him Seth.(B)

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25 Adam made love to his wife(A) again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth,[a](B) saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:25 Seth probably means granted.

All of us also lived among them at one time,(A) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](B) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

39 Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another.

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Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,(A) and death through sin,(B) and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned(C)

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Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:6 Or but spirit

35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you,(A) and the power of the Most High(B) will overshadow you. So the holy one(C) to be born will be called[a] the Son of God.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:35 Or So the child to be born will be called holy,

Surely I was sinful(A) at birth,(B)
    sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

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The Lord looks down from heaven(A)
    on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,(B)
    any who seek God.(C)
All have turned away,(D) all have become corrupt;(E)
    there is no one who does good,(F)
    not even one.(G)

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How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(A)

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14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
    or those born of woman,(A) that they could be righteous?(B)
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones,(C)
    if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,(D)
16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,(E)
    who drink up evil(F) like water!(G)

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Who can bring what is pure(A) from the impure?(B)
    No one!(C)

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