⁵ Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.

¹¹ Enosh lived 905 years, and then he died.

⁸ Seth lived 912 years, and then he died.

¹⁴ All of us must die eventually. Our lives are like water spilled out on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God does not just sweep life away; instead, he devises ways to bring us back when we have been separated from him.

²¹ So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man. ²² Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.

²⁷ And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment,

Adam and Christ Contrasted

¹² When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. ¹³ Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. But it was not counted as sin because there was not yet any law to break. ¹⁴ Still, everyone died—from the time of Adam to the time of Moses—even those who did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did. Now Adam is a symbol, a representation of Christ, who was yet to come.

⁴ For all people are mine to judge—both parents and children alike. And this is my rule: The person who sins is the one who will die.

⁷ For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.