For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Verse 23 is found in chapter 6 of Romans. Paul contrasts slavery to sin with slavery to righteousness. Christian freedom does not mean the absence of lordship, but a change of belonging that culminates in the contrast between death and eternal life.
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Denn der Tod ist der Sünde Sold; aber die Gabe Gottes ist das ewige Leben in Christo Jesu, unserm HERRN.
Porque la paga del pecado es muerte: mas la dádiva de Dios es vida eterna en Cristo Jesús Señor nuestro.
Porque la paga del pecado es muerte, pero el don de Dios es vida eterna en Cristo Jesús, nuestro Señor.
Car le salaire du péché, c'est la mort; mais le don gratuit de Dieu, c'est la vie éternelle en Jésus-Christ notre Seigneur.
Perciocchè il salario del peccato è la morte, ma il dono di Dio è la vita eterna, in Cristo Gesù, nostro Signore
Porque o salário do pecado é a morte, mas o dom gratuito de Deus é a vida eterna, por Cristo Jesus nosso Senhor.
因為罪的工價乃是死;惟有上帝的恩賜,在我們的主基督耶穌裏,乃是永生。
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