Bible: Phil. 1:21-23; 3:10-14

1:21 For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain. 1:22 Now if I am to go on living in the body, 1  this will mean productive work 2  for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer: 3  1:23 I feel torn between the two, 4  because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,
3:10 The man replied, 1 I heard you moving about 2  in the orchard, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.” 3:11 And the Lord God 3  said, “Who told you that you were naked? 4  Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from? 5  3:12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave me, she gave 6  me some fruit 7  from the tree and I ate it.” 3:13 So the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this 8  you have done?” And the woman replied, “The serpent 9  tricked 10  me, and I ate.”

3:14 The Lord God said to the serpent, 11 

“Because you have done this,

cursed 12  are you above all the wild beasts

and all the living creatures of the field!

On your belly you will crawl 13 

and dust you will eat 14  all the days of your life.

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