Romans 5:12

So then, as through one man sin entered into the world, in this way death entered through sin. And death spread to all people, because all 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

11Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we now have received this reconciliation.

13For until the law, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:17But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not eat, for on the day that you eat from it, you will surely die.”

Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face you will eat bread, 1 until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. 1 For dust you are, and to dust you will return.”

Psalms 51:5See, I was born in iniquity; 1 as soon as my mother conceived me, I was in sin. 1

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

Romans 5:19For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one will the many be made righteous.

Romans 6:23For the wages of sin are death, but the 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 →

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