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10 And since, when we were his enemies, we were brought back to God by the death of his Son, what blessings he must have for us now that we are his friends and he is living within us!

11 Now we rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God—all because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done in dying for our sins—making us friends of God.

12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the entire human race. His sin spread death throughout all the world, so everything began to grow old and die,[a] for all sinned.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 5:12 His sin spread . . . grow old and die, literally, “Sin entered into the world and death through sin.”

10 For if, while we were God’s enemies,(A) we were reconciled(B) to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!(C) 11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.(D)

Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,(E) and death through sin,(F) and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned(G)

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