Genesis 4:7
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door. It wants to have you, but you must master it."
Treated in 7 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Cain and Abel cites Genesis 4:7
…sin is crouching at the door; its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it” (Genesis 4:7). Evidently, Cain had not yet sinned! There was no sin in his approach to God nor in his…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Discussion: Part the First cites Gen. iv. 7
…what they ought to do! . Sect. LV. — ANOTHER passage is adduced by our Diatribe out of Gen. iv. 7.: where the Lord saith unto Cain, “Under thee shall be the desire of sin, and thou shalt…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 5 — The Arguments Usually Alleged in Support of Free Will Refuted cites Gen. 4:7
…the passage of Genesis, “Unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him,” (Gen. 4:7). This they interpret of sin, as if the Lord were promising Cain that the dominion of sin…
- The Big Story ·
Floods and Towers cites Genesis 4:7
…do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it” (Genesis 4:7). Sin is pictured as a wild animal waiting outside the door. Cain doesn’t master it. He…
- The Key Teachings of Gareth Evans ·
The Rock of Offence cites GENESIS 4:7
…sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. GENESIS 4:7 What offence costs In The Key in My Hand and again in He Holds My Tomorrows, Evans traces…
- Real Questions – Book 3 ·
What Is Sin, Really? cites Genesis 4:7
…that gets a grip on us. God warned Cain, “sin is crouching at your door; it desires you” (Genesis 4:7), like an animal waiting to pounce. Jesus said, “everyone who sins is a slave to sin”…
- Tell Me the Story – Book 1: In the Beginning ·
Two Brothers cites Genesis 4:7
“If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?” — Genesis 4:7 After they left the garden, Adam and Eve had two sons. The older one was called Cain, and…