Genesis 4:7

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Summary

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

If thou doest well

Be accepted

Hebrews 11:4

Sin

Romans 7:8

James 1:15

Bible References

If thou doest well

but, in every nation, he who fears Him, and works righteousness, is acceptable to Him.

to those who, by patience in well-doing, are seeking for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life;

I beseech you, therefore, brethren, through the mercies of God, to present, your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your rational service;

For he that in these things serves Christ, is well-pleasing to God, and approved by men.

that I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God, that the offering up of the gentiles may become acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved;

But, if any widow has children or grand-children, let them learn first to show regard to their own family, and to make returns to their parents; for this is acceptable before God.

ye yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Be accepted

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he received witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he, being dead, is still speaking.

Sin

but sin, taking occasion through the commandment, wrought in me all manner of coveting; for apart from law sin is dead.

Then the desire, having conceived, brings forth sin; and sin, when completed, brings forth death.