Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Romans 6:23

"For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." — Romans 6:23 (ASV)

In a fitting conclusion, Paul puts God (and his mastery) over against sin, gift over against wages, eternal life over against death—crowning it all with the acknowledgment that the mediation of Christ Jesus our Lord accounts for the shift from one camp to the other.