KJV ORIGINAL
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The payment that sin earns is death, but God's free gift is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse contrasts what we earn through sin (death) with what God freely gives us through Jesus (eternal life).
📚 Historical Context
The Apostle Paul wrote the letter to the Romans around 57 AD to a mixed congregation of Jews and Gentiles in Rome, aiming to explain the core tenets of the Christian faith. In Romans 6, Paul is countering the idea that grace allows for continued sinning, instead emphasizing that true believers have died to sin through baptism into Christ's death. He uses the metaphor of wages to illustrate the consequences of sin versus the free gift of eternal life.
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