²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin.^(A) Now they have no excuse for their sin.

²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.^(A)

Following Christ

4 Therefore, since Christ suffered^[a] in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same understanding^[b]—because the one who suffers in the flesh is finished^(A) with sin^[c]—