ROMANS—NOTE ON Romans 6:23 Wages implies that the punishment for sin is what one has earned and deserves. Free gift is the opposite of something one deserves. This fits Paul’s earlier emphasis on justification by grace alone (God’s unmerited favor; see note on 4:16), through faith alone (trusting in Christ for justification; see Romans 1:17; Romans 3:21).

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