### 7. Q. Then where does man’s corrupt nature come from?

**A**. From the fall and disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, in Paradise.<sup>1</sup> This fall has so poisoned our nature<sup>2</sup> that we are all conceived and born in sin.<sup>3</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Gen. 3](/get-passage/Genesis+3)
<sup>2</sup> [Rom. 5:12, 18-19](/get-passage/Romans+5:12-19)
<sup>3</sup> [Ps. 51:5](/get-passage/Psalms+51:5)