⁸ God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.

²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹⁵ Thank God for this gift^[a] too wonderful for words!

¹⁶ And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins.

²³ For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. ²⁴ Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.