How is Romans 6:23a perfect comparison for what Romans 8 teaches?
Romans 6:23a's sin-and-death reality is perfectly compared to Romans 8's law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. Just as sin and death were tied together from Adam, the Spirit's law sets believers apart from that fact of life, providing the Gospel remedy of eternal life.
Les explains that the other side of the coin in Romans 6:23 is the gift of God: eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. He asks if that isn't a perfect comparison for Romans chapter 8, where the law of the Spirit in Christ Jesus—a fact of life we can experience seven days a week—totally sets us apart from the other fact of life, sin and death. Sin and death have been tied together ever since Adam ate and sinned, and death immediately followed. The only remedy is the Gospel: that Christ died, was buried, and rose from the dead.
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How are Romans 8:2 and Romans 6:23 connected?
Romans 8:2 and Romans 6:23 are connected because both tie sin and death together; Romans 6:23 says the wages of sin is death, and Romans 8:2 speaks of the law of sin and death.