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Romans 5:12

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

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ASV

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

KJV

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:

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1 Corinthians 15:21–22For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.Romans 5:19For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Romans 3:23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,James 1:15Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.Genesis 2:17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.Romans 5:17For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”Romans 5:18So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.1 John 1:8–10If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.Ezekiel 18:4Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.Romans 5:21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.James 3:2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.Romans 5:15But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!Revelation 20:14–15Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.

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