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

21So then, what outcome did you have that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death. 22But now, having been set free from sin and having become enslaved to God, you have your fruit resulting in holiness. And the outcome is eternal life. For sin’s payment is death, but God’s gracious gift is eternal life in Messiah Yeshua 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 5:12So then, just as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, in the same way death spread to all men because all sinned.
• Genesis 2:17But of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil you must not eat. For when you eat from it, you most assuredly will die!
• Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow will you eat food, until you return to the ground, since from it were you taken. For you are dust, and to dust will you return.”
• Isaiah 3:11Oy , the wicked! It will be bad for him, for the dealing of his hands will be done to him.
• Ezekiel 18:4Behold, every living soul is Mine—the soul of father as well as the soul of son—both are Mine. Behold, the soul who sins is the one who will die.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, those who practice homosexuality,
• Galatians 3:10For all who rely on the deeds of Torah are under a curse—for the Scriptures say, “Cursed is everyone who does not keep doing everything written in the scroll of the Torah.”
• Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived—God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that he also shall reap.
• James 1:15Then when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is full grown, it brings forth death.
• Revelation 21:8But for the cowardly and faithless and detestable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars—their lot is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
• Romans 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good are seeking glory, honor, and immortality—eternal life.
• Romans 5:17For if by the one man’s transgression, death reigned through the one, how much more shall those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the One, Messiah Yeshua.
• John 3:14Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
• John 4:14But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never be thirsty. The water that I give him will become a fountain of water within him, springing up to eternal life!”
• John 5:24“Amen, amen I tell you, whoever hears My word and trusts the One who sent Me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed over from death into life.
• John 6:27Don’t work for food that spoils, 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 put the seal of approval.”

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