Behold, (A)I was brought forth in iniquity,
    and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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Surely I was sinful(A) at birth,(B)
    sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

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Death in Adam, Life in Christ

12 Therefore, just as (A)sin came into the world through one man, and (B)death through sin, and (C)so death spread to all men[a] because (D)all sinned—

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  1. Romans 5:12 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women; also twice in verse 18

Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,(A) and death through sin,(B) and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned(C)

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Who can bring (A)a clean thing out of an unclean?
    There is not one.

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Who can bring what is pure(A) from the impure?(B)
    No one!(C)

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The wicked are (A)estranged from the womb;
    they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

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Even from birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.

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among whom we all once lived in (A)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and (B)were by nature (C)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[b]

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 Greek flesh
  2. Ephesians 2:3 Greek like the rest

All of us also lived among them at one time,(A) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](B) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

14 (A)What is man, (B)that he can be pure?
    Or he who is (C)born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
15 Behold, God[a] (D)puts no trust in his (E)holy ones,
    and the heavens are not pure in his sight;
16 (F)how much less one who is abominable and (G)corrupt,
    a man who (H)drinks injustice like water!

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  1. Job 15:15 Hebrew he

14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
    or those born of woman,(A) that they could be righteous?(B)
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones,(C)
    if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,(D)
16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,(E)
    who drink up evil(F) like water!(G)

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(A)That which is born of the flesh is (B)flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.[a]

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  1. John 3:6 The same Greek word means both wind and spirit

Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit.(A)

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  1. John 3:6 Or but spirit

When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and (A)named him Seth.

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When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image;(A) and he named him Seth.(B)

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21 And when the Lord smelled (A)the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again (B)curse[a] the ground because of man, for (C)the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. (D)Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.

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  1. Genesis 8:21 Or dishonor

21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma(A) and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground(B) because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.(C) And never again will I destroy(D) all living creatures,(E) as I have done.

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  1. Genesis 8:21 Or humans, for