30 January 2020
Word of the Day: Wage
WAGE. Just payment for services rendered. It implies at least an implicit
contract beforehand between the employer and the one employed. Wages are often
treated in the Bible. The first recorded biblical reference is in the bargaining
between Laban and his nephew Jacob (Genesis 29:30). Christ used the notion of
wages in his teaching, e.g., the vineyard laborers (Matthew 20:1-16). The idea
of wages is spiritualized in St. Paul, e.g., "the wage of sin is death";
compared with the reward of virtue, "the present given by God is eternal
life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23).
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