Romans 6:23

“For the wages of sin is death, etc..] 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,…”

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through--"in" Jesus Christ our Lord--This concluding verse--as pointed as it is brief--contains the marrow, the most fine gold, of the Gospel. As the laborer is worthy of his hire, and feels it to be his due--his own of right--so is death the due of sin, the wages the sinner has well wrought for, his own. But "eternal life" is in no sense or degree the wages of our righteousness; we do nothing whatever to earn or become entitled to it, and never can: it is therefore, in the most absolute sense, "THE GIFT OF GOD." Grace reigns in the bestowal of it in every case, and that "in Jesus Christ our Lord," as the righteous Channel of…”

“For the wages of sin - The word translated here “wages” ὀψώνια opsōnia properly denotes what is purchased to be eaten with bread, as fish, flesh, vegetables, etc. (Schleusner); and thence, it means the pay of the Roman soldier, because formerly it was the custom to pay the soldier in these things. It means hence, what a man earns or deserves; what is his proper pay, or what he merits. As applied to sin, it means that death is what sin deserves; what will be its proper reward. Death is thus called the wages of sin, not because it is an arbitrary, undeserved appointment, but (1) Because it is its proper desert. Not a pain will be inflicted on the sinner which he does not deserve. Not a…”

“Death - Temporal, spiritual, and eternal. Is the due wages of sin; but eternal life is the gift of God - The difference is remarkable. Evil works merit the reward they receive: good works do not. The former demand wages: the latter accept a free gift. Next: Romans Chapter 7”

“For the wages: Rom 5:12; Gen 2:17, Gen 3:19; Isa 3:11; Eze 18:4, Eze 18:20; Co1 6:9, Co1 6:10; Gal 3:10; Gal 6:7, Gal 6:8; Jam 1:15; Rev 21:8 but the: Rom 2:7, Rom 5:17, Rom 5:21; Joh 3:14-17, Joh 3:36, Joh 4:14, Joh 5:24, Joh 5:39, Joh 5:40, Joh 6:27, Joh 6:32, Joh 6:33, Joh 6:40, Joh 6:50-58; Joh 6:68, Joh 10:28, Joh 17:2; Tit 1:2; Pe1 1:3, Pe1 1:4; Jo1 2:25, Jo1 5:11, Jo1 5:12 Next: Romans Chapter 7”