Romans 5:12

Now then, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, just so death spread to all men, because all sinned

Family 35 New Testament

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

11No wonder we rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation!

13—sin was in the world before the law, to be sure, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Read all of Romans 5

Cross References

Romans 3:23all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 5:19For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the many will be constituted righteous.

Romans 6:23Because the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Romans 5:12