Just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned.

δι’ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου ἡ ἁμαρτία εἰς τὸν κόσμον εἰσῆλθεν, καὶ διὰ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ θάνατος, καὶ οὕτως εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους ὁ θάνατος διῆλθεν, ἐφ’ ᾧ πάντες ἥμαρτον·

Apostle Paul

Romans 5:12

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Original sin Death Sin Human nature

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Apostle Paul

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Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Apostle Early Christian Christian

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Turkey Europe Roman Empire

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 5:12).

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All men have need of the Gods.

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How many things I can do without!

Socrates

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Time
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