²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin.^[a](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,^[b] equip^[c] yourselves also with the same resolve^[d]—because the one who suffered in the flesh has finished^(A) with sin^[e]—