“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the Lord God. “Did you eat fruit from the tree I ordered you not to?”
“I heard you walking in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid,” he replied.
“It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit from the tree, and I ate it,” Adam replied.
“What have you done?” the Lord asked. “Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
I kept quiet when you did these things. You thought I was someone just like you. But now I confront you, and bring my charges against you.
For no one is made right before God by doing what the law requires. The law only helps us recognize what sin really is.