Romans 5:12-21 - Death Came Through Adam But Life Comes Through Christ

¹² Therefore as by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin, even so death passed upon all men, in that all had sinned. ¹³ For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed, where there is no law. ¹⁴ Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

¹⁵ Yet not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if by the offence of one many died, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, that of one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. ¹⁶ And not as the loss by one that sinned, so is the gift; for the sentence was by one offence to condemnation; but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. ¹⁷ For if through one man's offence death reigned by one, they who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness, shall much more reign in life, by one, even Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ As therefore by one offence the sentence of death came upon all men to condemnation, so also by one righteousness the free gift came upon all men to justification of life. ¹⁹ For as by the disobedience of one man, many were constituted sinners, so by the obedience of one, many shall be constituted righteous. ²⁰ But the law came in between, that the offence might abound: yet where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: ²¹ That as sin had reigned through death, so grace also might reign through righteousness to eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord.