Romans 6:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The reward for sin is death. But God's gift is eternal life given by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 2:17

except the one that has the power to let you know the difference between right and wrong. If you eat any fruit from that tree, you will die before the day is over!”

Genesis 3:19

You will have to sweat to earn a living; you were made out of soil, and you will once again turn into soil.”

Proverbs 11:19

Always do the right thing, and you will live; keep on doing wrong, and you will die.

Isaiah 3:11

Tell those who disobey, “You're in big trouble— what you did to others will come back to you.”

Isaiah 3:9

The look on your faces shows that you are sinful as Sodom, and you don't try to hide it. You are in for trouble, and you have brought it all on yourselves.

Ezekiel 18:20

Only those who sin will be put to death. Children won't suffer for the sins of their parents, and parents won't suffer for the sins of their children. Good people will be rewarded for what they do, and evil people will be punished for what they do.

Ezekiel 18:4

The lives of all people belong to me—parents as well as children. Only those who sin will be put to death.

Matthew 25:46

Then Jesus said, “Those people will be punished for ever. But the ones who pleased God will have eternal life.”

John 10:28

and I give them eternal life, so that they will never be lost. No one can snatch them out of my hand.

John 17:2

And you gave him power over all people, so that he would give eternal life to everyone you give him.

John 3:36

Everyone who has faith in the Son has eternal life. But no one who rejects him will ever share in that life, and God will be angry with them for ever.

John 4:14

But no one who drinks the water I give will ever be thirsty again. The water I give is like a flowing fountain that gives eternal life.”

John 4:36

Even now the harvest workers are receiving their reward by gathering a harvest that brings eternal life. Then everyone who planted the seed and everyone who harvests the crop will celebrate together.

John 5:24

I tell you for certain that everyone who hears my message and has faith in the one who sent me has eternal life and will never be condemned. They have already gone from death to life.

John 6:27

Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so.”

John 6:40

My Father wants everyone who sees the Son to have faith in him and to have eternal life. Then I will raise them to life on the last day.

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered, “Lord, there is no one else that we can go to! Your words give eternal life.

Romans 1:32

They know God has said that anyone who acts this way deserves to die. But they keep on doing evil things, and they even encourage others to do them.

Romans 2:7

He will give eternal life to everyone who has patiently done what is good in the hope of receiving glory, honour, and life that lasts for ever.

Romans 5:12

Adam sinned, and that sin brought death into the world. Now everyone has sinned, and so everyone must die.

Romans 5:17

Death ruled like a king because Adam had sinned. But that cannot compare with what Jesus Christ has done. God has been so kind to us, and he has accepted us because of Jesus. And so we will live and rule like kings.

Romans 5:21

Sin ruled by means of death. But God's kindness now rules, and God has accepted us because of Jesus Christ our Lord. This means that we will have eternal life.

Romans 6:16

Don't you know that you are slaves of anyone you obey? You can be slaves of sin and die, or you can be obedient slaves of God and be acceptable to him.

Romans 6:21

But what good did you receive from the things you did? All you have to show for them is your shame, and they lead to death.

Romans 8:13

If you do, you will die. But you will live, if by the help of God's Spirit you say “No” to your desires.

Romans 8:38

I am sure that nothing can separate us from God's love—not life or death, not angels or spirits, not the present or the future,

Romans 8:39

and not powers above or powers below. Nothing in all creation can separate us from God's love for us in Christ Jesus our Lord!

Romans 8:6

If our minds are ruled by our desires, we will die. But if our minds are ruled by the Spirit, we will have life and peace.

Galatians 3:10

Anyone who tries to please God by obeying the Law is under a curse. The Scriptures say, “Everyone who doesn't obey everything in the Law is under a curse.”

Titus 1:2

Then they will have the hope of eternal life that God promised long ago. And God never tells a lie!

James 1:15

Our desires make us sin, and when sin is finished with us, it leaves us dead.

1 John 2:25

The Son has promised us eternal life.

Revelation 21:8

But I will tell you what will happen to cowards and to everyone who is unfaithful or dirty-minded or who murders or is sexually immoral or uses witchcraft or worships idols or tells lies. They will be thrown into that lake of fire and burning sulphur. This is the second death.