Bible Dictionaries
Wages
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
The law and the gospel both require the full and prompt payment of a just equivalent for all services rendered according to agreement, Leviticus 19:13 Jeremiah 22:13 James 5:4 . Eternal death is the wages or just recompense of sin; while eternal life is not a recompense earned by obedience, but a sovereign gift of God, Romans 6:22-23 .
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Wages'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/w/wages.html. 1859.