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So the disease became permanent, and although the Law was in the hearts of the people, so also was the root of evil! That is why what was good passed away, while what was evil continued.
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Yet you did not remove their evil impulse, but let your Law guide their lives.
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The first man, Adam, weighed down with an evil impulse, sinned and was defeated, and the same was true of all of his descendants.
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So the disease became permanent, and although the Law was in the hearts of the people, so also was the root of evil! That is why what was good passed away, while what was evil continued.