Romans 5:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore, 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:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διὰ τοῦτο, ὥσπερ διʼ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου ἡ ἁμαρτία εἰς τὸν κόσμον εἰσῆλθεν, καὶ διὰ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ θάνατος· καὶ οὕτως εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους ὁ θάνατος διῆλθεν, ἐφʼ ᾧ πάντες ἥμαρτον:

Transliteration

Through this, just as through henos anthrōpou the hamartia into the kosmon eisēlthen, and through the hamartias the thanatos; and thus into all anthrōpous the thanatos diēlthen, eph' hō all hēmarton:

Grammar Details

*henos*: genitive singular masculine - one
*anthrōpou*: genitive singular masculine - man/human being
*hamartia*: nominative singular feminine - sin
*kosmon*: accusative singular masculine - world
*eisēlthen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - entered
*hamartias*: genitive singular feminine - of sin
*thanatos*: nominative singular masculine - death
*anthrōpous*: accusative plural masculine - men/human beings
*diēlthen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - passed through/spread to
*eph' hō*: preposition with relative pronoun - upon which/because
*hēmarton*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - sinned

Word Meanings

*henos anthrōpou*: one man/single human being
*hamartia*: sin/wrongdoing/missing the mark
*kosmon*: world/universe/order
*eisēlthen*: entered/came into
*thanatos*: death/mortality
*diēlthen*: passed through/spread to/extended to
*eph' hō*: upon which/because/for that reason/on the basis of which
*hēmarton*: sinned/missed the mark/did wrong

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 15:21-22 : 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Rom 5:19 : 19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Gen 2:17 : 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Rom 3:23 : 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Jas 1:15 : 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Gen 3:6 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Rom 5:14-17 : 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. 15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
Ps 51:5 : 5 Behold, I was shapen{H8797)} in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive{H8765)} me.
Ezek 18:4 : 4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Rom 5:21 : 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Rev 20:14-15 : 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Gen 3:22-24 : 22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

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