the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

Nevertheless, death ruled from the time of Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the same way Adam did when he disobeyed. He is a foreshadowing of the one who would come.

But God's free gift is not like Adam's offense. For if many people died as the result of one man's offense, how much more have God's grace and the free gift given through the kindness of one man, Jesus the Messiah, been showered on many people!

For as in Adam all die, so also in the Messiah will all be made alive.

This, indeed, is what is written: "The first man, Adam, became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

For Adam was formed first, then Eve,

and it was not Adam who was deceived. It was the woman who was deceived and became disobedient,

Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about these people when he said, "Look! The Lord has come with countless thousands of his holy ones.