Romans 5:12

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death; so, also, death spread to all humanity, because every person has sinned.

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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 that, but we exult in God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, through whom we have now obtained this reconciliation.

13Even before the time of the Law there was sin in the world; but sin cannot be charged against someone where no Law exists.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:17except from the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil; from this you must not eat, for on the day that you eat from it you will surely die.”

Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat bread, until you return to the ground, for from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return!”

Psalms 51:5See! In guilt was I brought to the birth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Romans 3:23For all have sinned, and all fall short of God’s glorious ideal,

Romans 5:19For, as through the disobedience of the one man the whole human race was rendered sinful, so, too, through the obedience of the one, the whole human race will be rendered righteous.

Romans 6:23The wages of sin are death, but the gift of God is eternal life, through union with 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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