Article II Punishment for Sin The second LDS Article of Faith says, “We believe that men must be punished for their own sins and not for Adam’s transgression.” Notice what Adam did is called a “transgression” and not a sin. The tenth LDS Prophet, Joseph Fielding Smith said, “I never speak of the part Eve took in the fall as a sin nor do I accuse Adam of a sin…It is not always a sin to transgress a law” (Doctrines of Salvation, vol. I, p. 114). But I John 3:4 says, “Sin is