رومية 6:23

KJV

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

— رومية 6:23, King James Version
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رومية 6:23, King James Version.

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Study Note

The contrasting parallelism — 'the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord' — employs commercial and military imagery (wages/opsonia) alongside the vocabulary of grace (charisma, gift). Death (thanatos) in Paul encompasses both physical mortality and what 5:12-21 calls spiritual death as separation from God — the full consequence of sin's reign. The contrast between 'wages' (earned) and 'gift' (unearned) is deliberate: humanity earns its fate while God's offer comes without merit. The verse functions as one of the clearest summaries of Pauline soteriology and has been foundational in evangelistic contexts across Christian history.

ترجمات أخرى

ASV

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

YLT

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

BBE

For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

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