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Romans 5:12<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned\u2014<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Truth to Learn<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Our sinfulness is a result of our being a descendant of Adam.<\/p>\n Behind the Words<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The words \u201cjust as<\/span>\u201d are translated from the Greek word h\u014dsper<\/span><\/em>, which is used to introduce the first member of a comparison. However, Paul never grammatically introduces the second member, although it is clear that he is comparing the sin-producing work of Adam with the atoning work of Christ.<\/p>\n \u201cEntered<\/span>\u201d is from the Greek eiserchomai<\/span><\/em>, which is composed of eis<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cinto\u201d or \u201cunto\u201d and erchomai<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cto come\u201d or \u201cto go.\u201d Hence, it means \u201cto come into.\u201d It is expressed in the aorist tense indicating an action that was completed at a point in time in the past.<\/p>\n The word \u201cspread<\/span>\u201d is dierchomai<\/span><\/em>, which is composed of a form of dia<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cthrough\u201d or \u201cthroughout\u201d and erchomai<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cto come\u201d or \u201cto go.\u201d This word is immediately followed by the preposition epi<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cupon.\u201d So, we see that Paul is saying \u201ccame through upon\u201d or \u201cspread to.\u201d<\/p>\n Meaning Explained<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n This passage, beginning here and continuing through verse twenty-one, has been described as one of the most difficult parts of the New Testament. Unfortunately the brevity of these daily devotional studies will prevent us from going into the depth necessary to have a full understanding of this passage.<\/p>\n The first thing we see in this verse is that sin entered this world through one man, Adam. Adam was commanded not to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam disobeyed, thus sinning against God. Up until that time sin had not existed in our physical world.<\/p>\n The second thing we see is that death entered into this world by this sin. Paul will tell us in the next chapter that the result of sin is death. Here he tells us that it was through Adam\u2019s sin that death became a reality to us all. We see by implication that had Adam never sinned, he never would have died. In fact, God warned him about death being the consequence of disobedience when He first commanded Adam not to eat of that tree, \u201cfor in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.<\/span>\u201d [Genesis 2:17<\/span><\/strong>]<\/p>\n The third thing we see in this verse is that from Adam\u2019s sin, death spread to all of us. There is no disputing that all men die. Paul is simply telling us here that this death that Adam suffered as a result of his sin is passed on to all of his descendents. The reason that we all die is because we all sinned.<\/p>\n In this passage Paul does not say whether he is referring to physical death or spiritual death, though his implication is physical death based on the next few verses.<\/p>\n Now, hang in there because there\u2019s more to come in the following verses.<\/p>\n Application<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n We are sinners because we are descendants from Adam. 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