The Fall

Now (A)the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.

He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You[a] shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, (B)‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” (C)But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,[b] she took of its fruit (D)and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, (E)and he ate. (F)Then the eyes of both were opened, (G)and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool[c] of the day, and the man and his wife (H)hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:1 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5
  2. Genesis 3:6 Or to give insight
  3. Genesis 3:8 Hebrew wind

But I am afraid that (A)as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts (B)will be led astray from a (C)sincere and (D)pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes and (E)proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept (F)a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.

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But he answered, (A)“It is written,

(B)“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
    but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

(C)Then the devil took him to (D)the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,

(E)“‘He will command his angels concerning you,’

and

“‘On their hands they will bear you up,
    lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”

Jesus said to him, “Again (F)it is written, (G)‘You shall not (H)put the Lord your God to the test.’” (I)Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, (J)Satan! For (K)it is written,

(L)“‘You shall worship the Lord your God
    and (M)him only shall you serve.’”

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14 and Adam was not deceived, but (A)the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.

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but whoever (A)keeps his word, in him truly (B)the love of God is perfected. (C)By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he (D)abides in him (E)ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

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