¹⁶ Now when someone leaves a will,^[a] it is necessary to prove that the person who made it is dead.^[b]

¹⁰ For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God’s laws.

²² Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.

²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Adam and Christ Contrasted

¹² When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.