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Free Gift of God is Eternal Life in Jesus Christ Our Lord

Free Gift of God is Eternal Life in Jesus Christ Our Lord



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Paul now exhorts them to claim the basic fact that comes from faith (“But now [nuni de; cf. Romans 3:21] that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God”) and on the basis of this to reap the benefit that “leads to holiness” (or sanctification), whose end, goal, or “result is eternal life” (Romans 6:22). Subtly but powerfully Paul summarizes his appeal in Romans 6:23 by an ironic contrast between slavery to sin and slavery to God, for one has to work for sin and receives death as its wages, whereas God gives eternal life as a gift, made possible in Christ Jesus our Lord, who properly receives pride of place at the conclusion of the argument, for it is through his work that the believer is justified as a sheer gift of grace.

Elwell, Walter A. Evangelical Commentary on the Bible. Vol. 3. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1995. Print. Baker Reference Library.
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