Verses 1-11 could be understood as pointing to full possession of all that God gives. Pastor James W. Fisher Saint Paul Baptist Church Inc. 1309 Larkin Street, Greensboro, NC 27406 www.stpaulbcinc.orh. (Hughes, R. K. Romans: Righteousness from heaven.Preaching the Word. Leviticus : At Athens especially fish. (4) Christians, in the service of God, should emulate their former selves in the zeal and steadiness with which they served sin, and the length to which they went in it (Ro 6:19). It is observable, that although in Scripture the expression, eternal life, is often to be met with, we nowhere find eternal joined with death. It is not that we earn it—please do not misunderstand. (c) T. Bab. For the wages of sin is death — “The word οψωνια, rendered wages, properly signifies the food and pay which generals give to their soldiers for their service. 4. Without law, there would have been no sin, and thus no death. Sinners even in hell will be treated just as they deserve to be treated; and there is not to man a more fearful and terrible consideration than this. … Romans : Romans 6:23 reads, "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:6-23 New International Version (NIV) 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,[ a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin. Revelation 20:10 Amen!" One does not work for a person for a lifetime and then receive his wages, but rather he works a specified period of time—a week, two weeks, a month—and receives his wages on a regular basis. Romans 7:4 And as the one is the conscious sense of the hopeless loss of all blissful existence, so the other is the conscious possession and enjoyment of all that constitutes a rational creature's highest "life" for evermore (Ro 6:23). Matthew 17:19-21 The end of sin is death. I find this season helpful in my spiritual journey. He will suffer just as much, and just as long, as he ought to suffer. 3. Luke : Not a pain will be inflicted on the sinner which he does not deserve. Why? is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Not a pain will be inflicted on the sinner which he does not deserve. The Romans of old paid their soldiers with provision and victuals in recompence of their service; afterward they gave them money, but still the old term was retained, and now it is used to signify any reward or stipend whatsoever. When confronted by such scriptures that cannot be broken, our only possible conclusion is that the sin-debt that each person owes to God absolutely cannot be worked off. That would make Romans 6:23 a lie, and it’s not a lie, it’s the truth. This is not eternal life in hell fire but death, the complete annihilation of one's life. The Bereans "received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so" (Acts 17:10-11). Genesis 6:7-9 (De 30:19). So the word is interpreted in the Glossary, , "soldiers' wages"; and so it is used by the Jewish writers, being adopted into their language; of a king, they say (a), that he should not multiply to himself gold and silver more than to pay which they (b) interpret by , "the hire of armies", or the wages of soldiers for a whole year, who go in and out with him all the year; so that it denotes wages due, and paid after a campaign is ended, and service is over; and, as here used, suggests, that when men have been all their days in the service of sin, and have fought under the banners of it, the wages they will earn, and the reward that will be given them, will be death: and it is frequently observed by the Jewish doctors (c), that , "there is no death without sin": sin is the cause of death, and death the fruit and effect of sin: but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Bible Language English. Death, then, is what we "earn" as a result of committing sin. We may remark, therefore,(1) That the one will be as long as the other. 4. 70. No man is so foolish and so wicked as he who is willing to reap the proper wages of sin. He was especially noted for his commitment to non-violent ways, his self-discipline and denial, as well as his championing of the underclass within the caste system. Darby AN OVERVIEW In the first half of this chapter (vv. (11) Death is the punishment due to sin, but we are sanctified freely, to everlasting life. Basic Doctrines: Salvation. Vid. There is an interesting aspect to this when we consider the word "wages." 1:20. (Re 1:5, 6).Note, (1) As the most effectual refutation of the oft-repeated calumny, that the doctrine of Salvation by grace encourages to continue in sin, is the holy life of those who profess it, let such ever feel that the highest service they can render to that Grace which is all their hope, is to "yield themselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and their members instruments of righteousness unto God" (Ro 6:12, 13). 4. The Christian Fight (Part Four). 4th, The centre of all faith, embracing that righteousness, Romans 3:22. (4) they who are saved will be raised to heaven, not because they merit it, but by the rich and sovereign grace of God. 3d, The revelation of the righteousness of God in Christ, through the gospel, Romans 3:21. He does not explain away the free grace of the gospel, but he shows that connexion between justification and holiness are inseparable. Sanhedrin, c. 2. sect. Benson CommentaryRomans 6:23. Though some think that we already have an immortal soul, the Bible makes it plain that the only way we can receive eternal life is to receive it as God's gift. 3. Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleFor the wages of sin is death,.... By sin, is meant every sin, original sin, actual sin, every kind of sin, lesser and greater: the "death" which sin deserves, is a corporeal death; which is not owing to the original nature and constitution of men; nor merely to the divine appointment; but to sin, and the decree of God, on account of it; which is inflicted on Christless sinners, as a punishment for sin, though not on believers as such, because Christ has took away the sting and curse of it: a death of diseases and afflictions also follows upon sin, as its proper demerit; which are properly punishments to wicked men, and are occasioned by sin in believers: there is a death of the soul, which comes by sin, which lies in an alienation from God, in a loss of the image of God, and in a servitude to sin; and there is an eternal death, the just wages of sin, which lies in a separation of soul and body from God, and in a sense of divine wrath to all eternity; and which is here meant, as is clear from its antithesis, "eternal life", in the next clause. Like the penalties of sin, freedom or salvation does not come all at once. The Choice of Life. 176. Death is thus called the wages of sin, not because it is an arbitrary, undeserved appointment, but(1) Because it is its proper desert. 1. God offers eternal life to those who are willing to meet His conditions. Does Scripture Allow for Killing in Self-Defense? It has been said that the theme o… Galatians 4:4 He does not say that the unrepentant sinner will live eternally in some sort of torment but that he will die. Leviticus 4:20 We may remark, therefore. See what over 145,000 subscribers are already receiving each day. Amplified® We are sinners, and so we sinned against God, earning the just wrath of a holy God for our sin against him and his kingdom. 4. 23 For the wages of sin is death, It is crucial to see that the … Crossway Books). The figure of Romans 6:13 is carried out: Sin, as a Lord to whom they tender weapons and who pays wages. Matthew 6:9-13 Genesis 3:7-21 Cohen de Lara, Ir. 37. fol. It is a wonderful concept. 4. (2) as there is no doubt about the duration of life, so there can be none about the duration of death. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) “fought” for the freedom of enslaved and oppressed peoples for over thirty years and is rightly recognized as one of the world’s great leaders in this regard. Further, as the sin here spoken of is that which men commit personally, and which they continue in, the death which is the wages of this kind of sin must be death eternal. God says that the "wages" of sin—that is, what you "earn" for transgressing God's law—is death. Now this is "the wages" of sin; sin does in its own nature produce it, and excludes from life; it is the natural issue of it; sin is committed against an infinite God, and righteously deserves such a death; it is its just wages by law. Matthew 23:23 He will not be a martyr in the cause of injured innocence. Greeting 1:1-7. v1 From Paul. I have posted several articles about Ash Wednesday and Lent on this blog over the years. 5th, Justification, whereby God forgives all past sin, and freely accepts the sinner, Romans 3:24. But. In contrast with death, the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus. In sharp contrast with wages. Colossians 2:13-14 Romans 6:15–23 asks why we should not keep sinning once we have come to faith in Christ and are no longer under the law of Moses. Exodus 20:8-11 One of the most basic truths in God's program involves the fact that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. The chapter concludes with a triumphant summation shrouded by a solemn warning (Romans 6:23). No man can conceive a more dreadful doom than for himself to be treated forever just as he deserves to be. He will not have the compassion of the universe in his favor. The centre of all, faith, embracing that righteousness Romans 3:22 5. 1.Geneva Study Bible{11} For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Shame came into the world with sin, and is still the certain effect of it. This reading is a continuation of Romans 6:1-11, where we discussed theological themes of sin and death in relation to Paul’s teachings on the sacrament of baptism and eschatology.1 Verses 12-23 orient readers toward living a new life because justification is probably the beginning of what we may call Christian life, which is followed by … Continue reading "Commentary on Romans 6:12-23" Romans 3:25 See Aug. lib. The one will be rich, blessed, everlasting; the other sad, gloomy, lingering, awful, eternal. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Proverbs 13:6 Consider that, in the scenario of killing in self-defense, the one killing is judging that his life is more important than the life he is willing to snuff out. 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? Shame came into the world with sin, and is still the certain effect of it. NIV: New International Version . This daily newsletter provides a starting point for personal study, and gives valuable insight into the verses that make up the Word of God. Romans 6:23 “The apostle does not call everlasting life οψωνια, the wages which God gives to his servants, because they do not merit it by their services, as the slaves of sin merit death by theirs: but he calls it a free gift, or gift of grace; or, as Estius would render the expression, a donative; because, being freely bestowed, it may be compared to the donatives which the Roman generals, of their own good- will, bestowed on their soldiers as a mark of their favour.” We may now see the apostle’s method thus far: — 1st, Bondage to sin, Romans 3:9. Genesis 2:7 Justification, whereby God forgives all past sin, and freely accepts the sinner Romans 3:24 6. (3) if the sinner is lost, he will deserve to die. Matthew Poole's Commentary q.d. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary6:21-23 The pleasure and profit of sin do not deserve to be called fruit. The Awesome Cost of Salvation. It is something given. 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