Romans 6:23 Parallel Translations

The payment for sin is death, but the gift that God freely gives is everlasting life found in Christ Jesus our Lord.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

DBY:

For the wages of sin is death; but the act of favour of God, eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

ERV:

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

WEY:

For the wages paid by Sin are death; but God's free gift is the Life of the Ages bestowed upon us in Christ Jesus our Lord.

WBS:

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

WEB:

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

YLT:

for the wages of the sin is death, and the gift of God is life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 25:46 "These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

Romans 1:32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.

Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned--

Romans 5:21 so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:16 Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?

Romans 6:21 Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.

Romans 8:6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

Romans 8:13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Romans 8:38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

Romans 8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Galatians 6:8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

6:23 {11} For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
(11) Death is the punishment due to sin, but we are sanctified freely, to everlasting life.

PNT:

6:23 The wages of sin [is] death, one of the saddest, but profoundest truths of the world. Sin is a master of his servant and pays wages.
But the gift of God [is] eternal life. God gives to those who turn from sin, life eternal. It is his gracious gift, conditioned on refusing to be the servant of sin longer, and is through Jesus Christ our Lord.

WES:

6:23 Death - Temporal, spiritual, and eternal. Is the due wages of sin; but eternal life is the gift of God - The difference is remarkable. Evil works merit the reward they receive: good works do not. The former demand wages: the latter accept a free gift.

MHC:

6:21-23 The pleasure and profit of sin do not deserve to be called fruit. Sinners are but ploughing iniquity, sowing vanity, and reaping the same. Shame came into the world with sin, and is still the certain effect of it. The end of sin is death. Though the way may seem pleasant and inviting, yet it will be bitterness in the latter end. From this condemnation the believer is set at liberty, when made free from sin. If the fruit is unto holiness, if there is an active principle of true and growing grace, the end will be everlasting life; a very happy end! Though the way is up-hill, though it is narrow, thorny, and beset, yet everlasting life at the end of it is sure. The gift of God is eternal life. And this gift is through Jesus Christ our Lord. Christ purchased it, prepared it, prepares us for it, preserves us to it; he is the All in all in our salvation.

CONC:

Act Age-during Ages Bestowed Christ Death Eternal Favour Free Freely Gift Gives God's Paid Reward Sin Wages

Act Age-During Ages Bestowed Christ Death Eternal Favour Free Freely Gift Gives God's Jesus Life Paid Reward Sin Wages

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