For the wages of fish is death…”

Did you catch that? I almost didn’t when it was told to me. The above misinterpretation of Romans 6:23 came one night in the dorm after devotions. A confused dorm student came into the room and began signing what she had read. She began, “For the wages of fish is death, but…” and stopped after seeing the facial expressions of the people in the room. Thinking we had misunderstood her, she began again, “For the wages of fish is death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Fish??? After looking at her Bible, we realized that she had been reading in Spanish and had confused the words “pescado,” and “pecado,” (fish and sin). Oops! What a difference it made for her to understand the verse correctly, at last.