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I answered and said, “This is my first and last comment: it would have been better if the earth had not produced Adam, or else, when it had produced him, had restrained him from sinning.
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sinful indulgence has come to an end, unbelief has been cut off, and righteousness has increased and truth has appeared.
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Therefore no one will then be able to have mercy on someone who has been condemned in the judgment, or to harm[ag] someone who is victorious.”
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I answered and said, “This is my first and last comment: it would have been better if the earth had not produced Adam, or else, when it had produced him, had restrained him from sinning.
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For what good is it to all that they live in sorrow now and expect punishment after death?
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O Adam, what have you done? For though it was you who sinned, the fall was not yours alone, but ours also who are your descendants.
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