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22 [a]And they did not know the hidden counsels of God;
    neither did they count on a recompense for holiness
    nor discern the innocent souls’ reward.(A)
23 For God formed us to be imperishable;
    the image of his own nature he made us.(B)
24 But by the envy[b] of the devil, death entered the world,
    and they who are allied with him experience it.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:22 This verse announces the subject of the next section.
  2. 2:24 Envy: perhaps because Adam was in the image of God or because Adam had control over all creation. Devil: the first biblical text to equate the serpent of Gn 3 with the devil.