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17 except the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From that tree you shall not eat; when you eat from it you shall die.[a](A)

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  1. 2:17 You shall die: since they do not die as soon as they eat from the forbidden tree, the meaning seems to be that human beings have become mortal, destined to die by virtue of being human.

17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,(A) for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”(B)

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Make no mistake: God is not mocked, for a person will reap only what he sows, because the one who sows for his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows for the spirit will reap eternal life from the spirit.(A) Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up.(B)

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Do not be deceived:(A) God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.(B) Whoever sows to please their flesh,(C) from the flesh will reap destruction;(D) whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.(E) Let us not become weary in doing good,(F) for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.(G)

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15 Then desire conceives and brings forth sin, and when sin reaches maturity it gives birth to death.

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15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;(A) and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.(B)

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