For the wages of sin is DEATH

[tonychanyt]

Matthew 25:

46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

Berean Literal Bible, Romans 6:

16 Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves to him whom you obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

23 For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Strong's Greek: 2288. θάνατος (thanatos) — 120 Occurrences

BDAG:
① the termination of physical life, death
② death viewed transcendently in contrast to a living relationship with God
ⓐ of spiritual death
ⓑ eternal death

There are at least 3 meanings:

1. People will experience physical death at the end of their temporal life.
2. People who have not been born of the Spirit experience spiritual death presently.
3. After resurrection on the last day, some will experience eternal death.