What are wages according to Romans 6:23?
Romans 6:23 states the wages of sin are death. Wages are what one works for, never a gift. They are what you get in return for what you have done. The old Adamic nature leads only to eternal death, and everything a lost person does piles up wages for eternal doom.
Les explains that Romans 6:23 says the wages of sin are death. He emphasizes that wages are something you work for, never a gift; they are what you get in return for something you have done. The old Adamic nature we are born with has only one direction: death, eternal death. Everything that lost person does, good or bad, is piling up wages for eternal doom. But the last half of the verse gives the flip side: the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Les points out the difference between wages and gift: wages you work for, that is what you deserve; but a gift is something you do not deserve. That is what salvation is all about. It is a gift, not something you can do one iota of work to earn.
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
More Questions
What does the word wages mean in Romans 6:23?
Wages are what you work for, so wages are never a gift; a wage is the payment you receive in return for something you have done.
What does Romans 6:23 say about the wages of sin and the gift of God?
Romans 6:23 says the wages of sin are death, while the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
What are the wages that sin pays according to Romans 6:23?
The wages of sin are death—the second death, eternal doom—not mere physical death.