2 The heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them. 2 By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing , and he ...

'” 4 The serpent said to the woman , “ Surely you will not die , 5 for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like God , ...

35 I am saying this for your benefit , not to place a limitation on you ... His most recent book is Story as Torah: Reading the Old Testament Ethically.

3 Now the serpent was shrewder than any of the wild animals that the Lord God had made . He said to the woman , “Is it really true that God said , 'You must ...

35 I am saying this for your benefit , not to place a limitation on you , but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the ...

16 Then the Lord God commanded the man , “You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard , 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of ...

12 “ All things are lawful for me ” — but not everything is beneficial . “ All things are lawful for me ”— but I will not be controlled by anything .

20 Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep , our Lord Jesus , 21 equip ...

23 Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus ...

35 He will not consider any compensation ;. he will not be willing , even if you multiply the compensation . NET Notes; Constable's Notes ...