As we read Romans 5:12, we need to be sure we’re reading it for what it says, not for what we think it says. Let’s take it in pieces before trying to put it all together. 1. Sin came into the world through one man (assumed knowledge, since it is found in the “just as” part of the comparison). 2. Death [came into the world] through sin (second part of the comparison, no verb in the Greek). 3. Death spread to all people, because all have sinned. Paul uses these statements to chart the