II. It is death.

A. Its proof.
a. Direct passages: Gen. 2:17; Jer. 31:30; Rom.
1:32; 5:12,15,17; 6:16,21,23; 7:5; 1 Cor. 15 : 21, 22, 56; James 1:15; 1 John 5 : 16.
b. Parallel passages: Gen. 3: 19; Rom. 1 : 18; 5: 16,
18, 19.
B. Its Nature.
a. Not life: Deut. 30:15, 19; Rom. 5:21; 6:23; 8:13; Gal. 6:8.
b. But extinction.
1. Non-existence: Job 6: 15, 18; 7:9; Psa. 37:
10, 35. 36; 49: 12; 104:35.
2. Destruction: Job 31:3; Psa. 9:5; 37:38;
145:20; Isa. 1:28; 1 Cor. 3:17; Phil. 3: 19; 2 Thess. 1:9; 1 Tim. 6:8; 2 Pet. 2:1, 12; 3:15.
3. A consuming: Psa. 104:35; Isa. 1:28; Heb.
12 : 29.
4. A devouring: Isa. 1:20; Heb. 10:26-28.
5. A perishing: (a) proof, Job 4:9; 6: 15, 18;
Psa. 73:27; Prov. it: 10: (b) the meaning of perishing: Psa. 37:20; Matt. 8:25, 32; Luke 1 1 : 50, 51 ; 13 : 33 ; John 3 : 16.
6. A cutting off: Psa. 37:9, 16, 34, 38.
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