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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the wages of sin is death, but the free 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.

Context of Romans 6:23

21What fruit had ye then in those things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 22But now being made free from sin, and having become servants to God, ye have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ 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

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• wagesὀψώνιονopsōnion · compensationG3800
• sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
• butδέde · thenG1161
• giftχάρισμαcharisma · giftG5486
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• eternalαἰώνιοςaiōnios · eternalG166
• lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
• throughἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• ourἡμῶνhēmōn · of usG2257
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962

Cross-references for Romans 6:23

• Romans 5:12Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
• Genesis 2:17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest of it thou shalt surely die.
• Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou shalt return to the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return.
• Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked! it shall be ill with him : for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
• Ezekiel 18:4Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
• Galatians 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
• Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
• James 1:15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
• Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and immoral persons, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
• Romans 2:7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
• Romans 5:17For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
• John 3:14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
• John 4:14But whoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
• John 5:24Verily, verily, I say to you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but hath passed from death to life.
• John 6:27Labour not for the food which perisheth, but for that food which endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give to you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

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