The Fall and Original Sin

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

The serpent tempts Eve; she and Adam eat the forbidden fruit, and their eyes are opened.

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

The serpent tempts Eve; she and Adam eat the forbidden fruit, and their eyes are opened.

But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

The serpent tempts Eve; she and Adam eat the forbidden fruit, and their eyes are opened.

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

The serpent tempts Eve; she and Adam eat the forbidden fruit, and their eyes are opened.

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

The serpent tempts Eve; she and Adam eat the forbidden fruit, and their eyes are opened.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

The serpent tempts Eve; she and Adam eat the forbidden fruit, and their eyes are opened.

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

The serpent tempts Eve; she and Adam eat the forbidden fruit, and their eyes are opened.

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

God confronts the couple; curses follow on serpent, woman, and man; ground cursed.

And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

God confronts the couple; curses follow on serpent, woman, and man; ground cursed.

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

God confronts the couple; curses follow on serpent, woman, and man; ground cursed.

And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

God confronts the couple; curses follow on serpent, woman, and man; ground cursed.

And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

God confronts the couple; curses follow on serpent, woman, and man; ground cursed.

And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

God confronts the couple; curses follow on serpent, woman, and man; ground cursed.

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

God confronts the couple; curses follow on serpent, woman, and man; ground cursed.

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

God confronts the couple; curses follow on serpent, woman, and man; ground cursed.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

God confronts the couple; curses follow on serpent, woman, and man; ground cursed.

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

God confronts the couple; curses follow on serpent, woman, and man; ground cursed.

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

God confronts the couple; curses follow on serpent, woman, and man; ground cursed.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

God confronts the couple; curses follow on serpent, woman, and man; ground cursed.

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Expulsion from Eden; cherubim guard the tree of life.

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Expulsion from Eden; cherubim guard the tree of life.

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Expulsion from Eden; cherubim guard the tree of life.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

'By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin' — Pauline doctrine of original sin.

Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

By one man's offense judgment came upon all; by one man's obedience many made righteous.

For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

By one man's offense judgment came upon all; by one man's obedience many made righteous.

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

'As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.'

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

'As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.'

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

The original command: 'in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.'

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

The original command: 'in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.'

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

'Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me' — inherited sinfulness.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

'All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.'

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

Dead in trespasses and sins; by nature children of wrath.

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

Dead in trespasses and sins; by nature children of wrath.

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Dead in trespasses and sins; by nature children of wrath.

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

The protoevangelium — promise that the seed of the woman will bruise the serpent's head.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

'The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked' — the depth of fallen nature.