"Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by
sin, and so death passed upon (dihlqen 6 Mss. eis . . . ) all men, for
that all have sinned."
As the best physicians always take great pains to discover the
source of diseases, and go to the very fountain of the mischief, so
doth the blessed Paul also. Hence after having said that we were
justified, and having shown it from the Patriarch, and from the Spirit,
and from the dying of Christ (for He would not have died unless He
intended to justify), he next confirms from other sources also what
he had at such length demonstrated.