17But 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.
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For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
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.
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-17)Observe here, I. God’s authority over man, as a creature that had reason and freedom of will. The Lord God commanded the man, who stood now as a public person, the father and representative of all mankind, to receive law, as he had lately received a nature, for himself and all his. God commanded all the creatures, according to their capacity; the settled course of nature is a law, Ps. 148:6 ; Ps.…
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