Question 20 of 118
Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?
The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself but for his posterity, all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him in his first transgression.
Scripture proofs
- 1 Corinthians 15:21-22
For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
- Romans 5:12
Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death passed to all men because all sinned.
- Romans 5:18-19
So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life. For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible (public domain).
More on creation and the fall
- Q13. What is the work of creation?
- Q14. How did God create man?
- Q15. What are God’s works of providence?
- Q16. What special act of providence did God exercise towards man, in the estate wherein he was created?
- Q17. Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?
- Q18. What is sin?
- Q19. What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?
- Q21. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?
- Q22. Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereunto man fell?
- Q23. What is the misery of that estate whereunto man fell?