Genesis 2:17
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because on the day you eat from it, you will surely die."
Treated in 6 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Communion with God ·
Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites Gen. ii. 17
…threatenings and promises. That fountain-threat and commination whence all others flow, Gen. ii. 17, “In the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt die the death;” seconded with a curse, Deut.…
- Practical Religion ·
Eternity! cites Gen. ii. 17
…concerning the forbidden fruit, "In the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." (Gen. ii. 17.) But every well-taught Sunday scholar knows that Adam did not "cease to exist," when he…
- The Big Story ·
The God Who Speaks cites Genesis 2:17
…the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die” (Genesis 2:17). God is generous, and He is also God. Living well in His world means trusting that He…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Gen. 2:17
…has respect to in the word. The declaration of God to Adam was, “Thou shalt surely die,” (Gen. 2:17); and to Cain, “The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground,” (Gen.…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Scriptures cites Gen 2:17
…There was a penalty laid at first, that we might not taste of the tree of knowledge. Gen 2:17. ‘In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.’ There is no danger in…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Man's Misery by the Fall cites Gen 2:17
…the tree of knowledge he had not died. ‘In the day thou eatest, thou shalt surely die,’ Gen 2:17: implying, if Adam had not eaten, he should not have died. Oh then see the misery ensuing…