Romans 6:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” contrasts what sin earns (death) with what God gives (eternal life). One is a wage we’ve worked for; the other is a free gift.
Read the full meaning“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 6:23 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 2:17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
- Ezekiel 18:4Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
- Ezekiel 18:20The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
- Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- John 3:14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
- John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
- John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
- John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
- John 6:32Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
- John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- John 6:50This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
- John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
- John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
- Romans 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
- Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
- Romans 5:17For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
- Romans 5:21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Romans 6:16Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
- 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
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