And just as all people were made sinners as the result of the disobedience of one man, in the same way they will all be put right with God as the result of the obedience of the one man.

The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how wonderful it would be to become wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it.

For sin pays its wage---death; but God's free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.

except the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad. You must not eat the fruit of that tree; if you do, you will die the same day."

You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. You were made from soil, and you will become soil again."

Then the LORD God said, "Now these human beings have become like one of us and have knowledge of what is good and what is bad. They must not be allowed to take fruit from the tree that gives life, eat it, and live forever."

Then at the east side of the garden he put living creatures and a flaming sword which turned in all directions. This was to keep anyone from coming near the tree that gives life.

The life of every person belongs to me, the life of the parent as well as that of the child. The person who sins is the one who will die.

For just as death came by means of a man, in the same way the rising from death comes by means of a man.

Then our evil desires conceive and give birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Then death and the world of the dead were thrown into the lake of fire. (This lake of fire is the second death.)

Those who did not have their name written in the book of the living were thrown into the lake of fire.

everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence.

All of us often make mistakes. But if a person never makes a mistake in what he says, he is perfect and is also able to control his whole being.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.

If we say that we have not sinned, we make a liar out of God, and his word is not in us.