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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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Now the serpent was more subtile 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?
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All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
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And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent. Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
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Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
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For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
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But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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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.
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For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
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Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.
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For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
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Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.
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But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law.
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Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
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But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
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But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
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Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Full Text of In the Beginning God
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis 1:1).
“All things were made by Him [the Lord Jesus Christ]; and without Him was not anything made that was made” (John 1:3).
“The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” (Genesis 2:7).
But Man
listened to the voice of the tempter, “Hath God said?” (Genesis 3:1);
lusted after the fruit of the tree which God commanded he was not to eat; he ate of it and communion with God was severed;
lost forever that place of innocence; lost his relationship with God; lost his life and became dead in sins.
Man sinned; he disobeyed God
“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” (Romans 5:12). “As by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners” (Romans 5:19). “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (Galatians 6:7). “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23).
“Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound” (Romans 5:20). “We know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become
Guilty before God
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight” (Romans 3:19-20).
“But God
. . . who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins” (Ephesians 2:4-5);
. . . commendeth His love toward us” (Romans 5:8).
“When the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son” (Galatians 4:4).
“While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us” (Galatians 3:13). “God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved” (John 3:17).
True Love
“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son” (1 John 4:10).
“God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
“The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:7).
Repentance
“[God] commandeth all men everywhere to repent: because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness” (Acts 17:30-31).
“We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:20-21).
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved”
(Acts 4:12).