So the Lord destroyed those cities. The Lord destroyed the whole valley—all the plants and all the people living in the cities.
Romans 5:14 - Easy To Read Version But from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, all people had to die. Adam died because he sinned by not obeying God’s command. But even those people that did not sin the way Adam sinned had to die. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet death held sway from Adam to Moses [the Lawgiver], even over those who did not themselves transgress [a positive command] as Adam did. Adam was a type (prefigure) of the One Who was to come [in reverse, the former destructive, the Latter saving]. [Gen. 5:5; 7:22; Deut. 34:5.] American Standard Version (1901) Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam’s transgression, who is a figure of him that was to come. Common English Bible But death ruled from Adam until Moses, even over those who didn’t sin in the same way Adam did—Adam was a type of the one who was coming. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses, even in those who have not sinned, in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a figure of him who was to come. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But death reigned from Adam unto Moses, even over them also who have not sinned after the similitude of the transgression of Adam, who is a figure of him who was to come. |
So the Lord destroyed those cities. The Lord destroyed the whole valley—all the plants and all the people living in the cities.
Cain said to his brother Abel, {“Let’s go out to the field.”} So Cain and Abel went to the field. Then Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
So Pharaoh [5] gave this command to his own people: “Let all the girl babies live. But every time a {Hebrew} boy baby is born, you must throw him into the Nile River.”
Later, Joseph, his brothers, and all the people of that generation died.
But the people broke the Agreement\par just like Adam did. {\cf2\super [65]} \par They were unfaithful to me\par in their country.\par
\{If you can be upset about a plant,\} then surely I can feel sorry for a big city like Nineveh. There are many people and animals in that city. There are more than 120,000 people in that city that did not know they were doing wrong! {\cf2\super [15]} ”
Sin came into the world because of what one man (Adam) did. And with sin came death. So this is why all people must die—because all people sinned.
One man sinned, and so death ruled all people because of that one man. But now some people accept God’s full grace (kindness) and his great gift of being made right. Surely those people will have true life and rule through the one man, Jesus Christ.
Sin once used death to rule us. But God gave people more of his grace so that grace could rule by making people right with him. This brings life forever through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Everything God made was changed to be like it was worth nothing. It did not want to change, but God decided to change it. But there was this hope:
We know that everything God made has been waiting until now in pain like a woman ready to give birth to a child.
In Adam all of us die. In the same way, in Christ all of us will be made alive again.
Like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [116]} say, “The first man (Adam) became a living thing. {\cf2\super [117]} ” {\cf2\super [118]} But the last Adam (Christ) became a spirit that gives life.