A Catechism for Girls and Boys

Part I: Questions about God, Man, and Sin

28. Q. What effect did the sin of Adam have on all mankind?
      A. All mankind is born in a state of sin and misery.

(Click through to read scriptural proofs.)

• Psalm 51:5

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.

• Romans 5:12, 18, 19

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—

Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.

For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.

• 1 Corinthians 15:21-22

For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

• 1 John 5:19

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

Scripture quoted from the English Standard Version.

Taken from A Catechism for Girls and Boys found here.

Previously posted questions and answers.