I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death. So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good. But in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful. God's law makes people realize that they are sinners doomed to die, yet it offers no help.
Sin is real, and it is dangerous.
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.