Paul finishes Romans 6 with a stark choice: every person is a slave; either to sin (which feels free but pays wages of death) or to righteousness (which feels restrictive but ends in eternal life). Grace is so powerful that it forces the question, “Shall we keep sinning so grace can increase?” Paul’s answer is a thunderous “May it never be!” Then in Romans 7, he shows the Jews why they are free to “remarry” Christ: we died to the Law through His body, releasing us from the old marriage so we can now bear fruit for God in the newness of the Spirit. The Law wasn’t bad; it revealed sin, but it could never give life. Only the free gift of God in Christ Jesus our Lord can do that. The wages of sin are still death… but the gift is still free.