23 For the wages* sin pays is death,+ but the gift*+ God gives is everlasting life+ by Christ Jesus our Lord.+

20 But we know that the Son of God has come,+ and he has given us intellectual+ capacity* that we may gain the knowledge of the true one.+ And we are in union+ with the true one, by means of his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true+ God and life everlasting.+