Romans 5:12

because of this, even as through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin—death; and thus to all men death passed through, for that all sinned;

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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 we are also boasting in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we now received the reconciliation;

13for until law sin was in the world: and sin is not reckoned when there is not law;

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Cross References

Genesis 2:17but from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, you do not eat from it, for in the day of your eating from it—dying you die.”

Genesis 3:19by the sweat of your face you eat bread until your return to the ground, for you have been taken out of it, for dust you [are], and to dust you return.”

Psalms 51:5Behold, I have been brought forth in iniquity, || And my mother conceives me in sin.

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

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

Romans 6:23for the wages of sin [is] death, and the gift of God [is] continuous 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 →

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