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Adam and Christ

12 It was because of one man, Adam, that sin came into the world.[a] Death was the result of Adam's sin. Because of that, death came to all people, because everyone failed to obey God.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:12 Adam was the first person that God made. See Genesis 1:26-27. God told Adam that he must not eat any fruit from a certain tree. But Adam did not obey God. See Genesis 2:15—3:13.