11 translations · Greek
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- KJV King James Version
- For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for the wages of sin [is] death, and the gift of God [is] continuous life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The wage sin pays is death, but God's free gift is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for the wages of the sin [is] death, and the gift of God [is] life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For the wages of sin [is] death; but the act of favour of God, eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| γὰρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| ὀψώνια | opsōnia | wages | G3800 ὀψώνιον compensation |
| τῆς | tēs | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἁμαρτίας | hamartias | of sin | G266 ἁμαρτία sin |
| θάνατος | thanatos | [is] death | G2288 θάνατος death |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δὲ | de | but | G1161 δέ then |
| χάρισμα | charisma | gift | G5486 χάρισμα gift |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
| ζωὴ | zōē | life | G2222 ζωή life |
| αἰώνιος | aiōnios | [is] eternal | G166 αἰώνιος eternal |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| Χριστῷ | Christō | Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
| Ἰησοῦ | Iēsou | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
| τῷ | tō | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Κυρίῳ | Kyriō | Lord | G2962 κύριος lord: God |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | our | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
Related verses
- John 3:36
One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
- Romans 5:12
Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.
- James 1:15
Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
- John 6:40
This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins, he shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.
- Matthew 25:46
These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- John 5:24
“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- Ezekiel 18:4
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul who sins, he shall die.
- Romans 2:7
to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
- Romans 5:21
that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
21 What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
22 But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Read all of Romans 6 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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