World English Bible
Romans 5:12
“Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.”
Verse in context — Romans 5
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For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.
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Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
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Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.
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For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.
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Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren't like Adam's disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.
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