Romans 6:23

Romans 6:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Context of Romans 6:23

21But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23 word by word

τὰ γὰρ ὀψώνια τῆς ἁμαρτίας θάνατος, τὸ δὲ χάρισμα τοῦ θεοῦ ζωὴ αἰώνιος ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• the wagesὀψώνιονopsōnion · compensationG3800
• of sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
• butδέde · thenG1161
• the giftχάρισμαcharisma · giftG5486
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• eternalαἰώνιοςaiōnios · eternalG166
• lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
• throughἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962

Cross-references for Romans 6:23

• Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—
• Genesis 2:17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
• Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
• Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
• Ezekiel 18:4Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
• Galatians 3:10For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them."
• Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
• James 1:15Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
• Revelation 21:8But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
• Romans 2:7to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
• Romans 5:17For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
• John 3:14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
• John 4:14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
• John 5:24Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
• John 6:27Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal."

Commentaries on Romans 6:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23For the wages of sin is death - The second death, everlasting perdition. Every sinner earns this by long, sore, and painful service. O! what pains do men take to get to hell! Early and late they toil at sin; and would not Divine justice be in their debt, if it did not pay them their due wages? But the gift of God is eternal life - A man may Merit hell, but he cannot Merit heaven. The apostle does not say that the wages of righteousness is eternal life…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23For the wages of sin - The word translated here “wages” ̓́ opsōniaproperly denotes what is purchased to be eaten with bread, as fish, flesh, vegetables, etc. (Schleusner); and thence, it means the pay of the Roman soldier, because formerly it was the custom to pay the soldier in these things. It means hence, what a man earns or deserves; what is his proper pay, or what he merits. As applied to sin, it means that death is what sin deserves; what will be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-23Verses 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…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through--"in" Jesus Christ our Lord--This concluding verse--as pointed as it is brief--contains the marrow, the most fine gold, of the Gospel. As the laborer is worthy of his hire, and feels it to be his due--his own of right--so is death the due of sin, the wages the sinner has well wrought for, his own. But "eternal life" is in no sense or degree the wages of our righteousness; we do…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 6:23

• Death
• Gifts from God
• Holiness
• Immortality
• Jesus Continued
• Life
• Regeneration
• Righteous
• Wages

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• God
• Jesus
• Christ, Messiah
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Eternal life
• Jesus Christ
• Destroy
• Fruit

Commentaries on Romans 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings