Lesson 3 - Section 1 - Question 11 of 45 

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God Creates the Heaven and Earth - His Interaction With Adam & Eve:

  • With this plan for salvation in place, God created the heavens and the earth and all that is on the earth, including man and woman, in six days.(1)
     
  • He gave the first man and woman (Adam and Eve) a beautiful garden, with some rules to live by.(2)
     
  • Adam and Eve sinned(3) against God by disobeying these rules.
     
  • As a result of their sins, they were separated from God (spiritual death)(4)...then they later died a physical death.

"Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned-- for until the Law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. Romans 5:12-14  (NAS)

Question:

According to Romans 5:12-14, Adam was the first man to sin. Why did death spread to all men?

My Parent's Sinned Adam Sinned All Sinned


Other Translations - Romans 5:12-14:

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned-- for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come. (NIV)

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned-- (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. (NKJ)

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:--for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a figure of him that was to come. (ASV)

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: --For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many... (KJV)


Footnotes:

(1) for more details, read Genesis chapters 1 and 2.

(2) see Genesis 2:15-17

(3) as we learned in prior lessons, "sin" mean to "miss the mark."

(4) see Genesis chapter 3.

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