Romans 5:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²Wherefore, 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:

Romans 5:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:21-22
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. …
Romans 5:19
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
James 1:15
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Topics

Dead (people)Death Depravity of Man Dying Fall of Man Guilt Heredity Justification

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-21)

The apostle here describes the fountain and foundation of justification, laid in the death of the Lord Jesus. The streams are very sweet, but, if you run them up to the spring-head, you will find it to be Christ’s dying for us; it is in the precious stream of Christ’s blood that all these privileges come flowing to us: and therefore he enlarges upon this instance of the love of God which is shed a…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. Wherefore--that is, Things being so; referring back to the whole preceding argument. as by one man--Adam. sin--considered here in its guilt, criminality, penal desert. entered into the world, and death by sin--as the penalty of sin. and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned--rather, “all sinned,” that is, in that one man’s first sin. Thus death reaches every individual of the…