The same threadRomans 5:12

Sin entered through one man, and death through sin: the wage of the offense.

“Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.”

In contrast toEphesians 2:8

The wage is death, but the gift is eternal life: grace versus debt.

“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”

The same thread1 John 5:11

God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son: the gift.

“The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.”