Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death — the procreative metaphor transforms desire into an active power that gestates and delivers sin, which in turn produces spiritual death. This organic description of sin's development shows that temptation becomes sin only through the consent of the will, and sin reaches its logical conclusion in spiritual death. The Greek teleiōtheis (full-grown/brought to completion) suggests a maturation process, emphasizing that sin is not instantaneous but develops through stages.

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