23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-23)The apostle’s transition, which joins this discourse with the former, is observable: “ What shall we say then ? Rom. 6:1. What use shall we make of this sweet and comfortable doctrine? Shall we do evil that good may come, as some say we do? Rom. 3:8. Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound ? Shall we hence take encouragement to sin with so much the more boldness, because the more sin we com…
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