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Trinity/After Pentecost · The Seventh Sunday after Trinity

Romans 6:19-23

Slaves of God, Whose End Is Eternal Life

Christ Triumphing over Death and Sin, Peter Paul Rubens
Christ Triumphing over Death and Sin, Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1615-1622Palais Rohan, Strasbourg
The risen Christ standing on a skull and a serpent with the sword upright in his hand and the globe behind him.The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Peter Paul RubensRubens, who made the victory an upright figure rather than a battle.Palais Rohan, StrasbourgThe Musée des Beaux-Arts, Palais Rohan, Strasbourg.Palais Rohan, Strasbourg

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

Paul contrasts the old slavery to impurity, which yields shame and death, with the new slavery to God, which yields holiness and eternal life. He sums it up in the wages of sin against the free gift of God in Christ Jesus.

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