Wages vs. Free Gift
Romans 6:23
"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23
Paul has been arguing for a new and better life in Christ using death vs. life and slave vs. free analogies. Here he boils down his argument to this succinct and powerful summary of the two conditions of humanity.
The word ὀψώνιον (opsōnion), tr…
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