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Adam and Christ

12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned(A)

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Adam and Christ

12 (A) Adam sinned, and that sin brought death into the world. Now everyone has sinned, and so everyone must die.

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and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.(A)

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.(B) Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.(C)

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that will never disappoint us. All of this happens because God has given us the Holy Spirit, who fills our hearts with his love.

Christ died for us at a time when we were helpless and sinful. No one is really willing to die for an honest person, though someone might be willing to die for a truly good person. But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful.

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