Genesis 2:17
“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.”
King James Version
Death entering humanity through disobedience, the curse Christ reversed through his obedience unto death.
Fulfillment References
Romans 5:12 Romans 6:23 1 Corinthians 15:21
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