And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
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.
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
I was hoping that you'd post this. Let me ask this: is this a "man" as in "human being"? Or does this mean "male" as opposed to "female". Think carefully.
I would be interested if after all this time, you'd answer the question that if sin nature only comes through the male, then a human being created by two eggs (coming soon) would be absolutely sinless, right? Right?
To be honest, I was not the first to post those verses to your query. Regarding whether this "man" meant the human race, I would answer not specifically in this passage seeing as it names the first man - Adam. However, after this first failure of "a" man the sin nature was passed down to all "men" - humanity - male and female and even neuter. As to the theoretical clone, if it's a "human" being, then the sin nature is still there. All have sinned means ALL.
It is an interesting argument that Jesus, who had a human mother and a Divine "father" did not get the "sin" nature, is only that, an interesting topic of discussion. Scripture clearly states Jesus, in his humanity, was tempted at all points like we are, yet he was without sin. He did not sin because he was God incarnate, not because he was a perfect "human" proving such a thing is remotely possible for any other humans.