Vincent's Word Studies in the NT

Romans 6:23

Wages [ο ψ ω ν ι α]. From oyon cooked meat, and later, generally, provisions. At Athens especially fish. Hence ojywnion is primarily provision - money, and is used of supplies for an army, see 1 Corinthians 9:7. The figure of ver. 13 is carried out : Sin, as a Lord to whom they tender weapons and who pays wages.

Death. "Sin pays its serfs by punishing them. Its wages is death, and the death for which its counters are available is the destruction of the weal of the soul" (Morison).

Gift [χ α ρ ι σ μ α]. Rev., rightly, free gift (compare ch. 5 15). In sharp contrast with wages.

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Romans 6:23

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