Romans 5:12

Wherefore as by one man sin entered into this world, and by sin death; and so death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

In Context

11And not only so; but also we glory in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received reconciliation.

13For until the law sin was in the world; but sin was not imputed, when the law was not.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:17But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. for in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.

Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.

Psalms 51:5For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.

Romans 3:23For all have sinned, and do need the glory of God.

Romans 5:19For as by the disobedience of one man, many were made sinners; so also by the obedience of one, many shall be made just.

Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Matthew Henry on Romans 5:7-21

The First and the Second Adam; The Influence of Grace. ( a. d. 58.) 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the… Read the whole commentary →

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