Romans 6:23

Easy To Read Version

When people sin, they earn what sin pays—death. But God gives his people a free gift—life forever in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 2:17

But you must not eat from the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil. If you eat fruit from that tree you will die!”

Genesis 3:19

You will work hard for your food, until your face is covered with sweat. You will work hard until the day you die. And then you will become dust again. I used dust to make you. And when you die you will become dust again.”

Proverbs 11:19

Truly, goodness brings life. But evil people chase after evil and find death.

Isaiah 3:11

But it will be very bad for the evil people. Much trouble will come to them. They will be punished for all the wrong things they have done.

Isaiah 3:9

The faces of the people show that they are guilty of doing wrong. And they are proud of their sin. They are like the people of Sodom {\cf2\super [31]} —they don’t care who sees their sin. It will be very bad for them. They have brought much trouble to themselves.

Ezekiel 18:20

The person that sins is the person that will be put to death! A son won’t be punished for his father’s sins. And a father won’t be punished for his son’s sins. A good man’s goodness belongs to him alone. And a bad man’s evil belongs to him alone.

Ezekiel 18:4

I will treat each person just the same. It won’t matter if that person is the parent or the child. The person that sins is the person that will die!

Matthew 25:46

“Then those bad people will go away. They will have punishment forever. But the good people will go and have life forever.”

John 10:28

I give my sheep eternal life. They will never die. And no person can take them out of my hand.

John 17:2

You gave the Son power over all people so that the Son could give eternal life to all those people you have given to him.

John 3:36

The person that believes in the Son has life forever. But the person that does not obey the Son will never have that life. God’s anger stays with that person.”

John 4:14

But the person that drinks the water I give will never be thirsty again. That water I give will become like a spring of water flowing inside that person. That water will bring that person life forever.”

John 4:36

Even now, the person that harvests the crop is being paid. He is gathering crops for eternal life. So now the person that plants can be happy together with the person that harvests.

John 5:24

“I tell you the truth. If a person hears what I say and believes in the One (God) who sent me, that person has life forever. That person will not be judged guilty. He has already left death and has entered into life.

John 6:27

Earthly food spoils and ruins. So don’t work to get that kind of food. But work to get the food that stays good always and gives you life forever. The Son of Man {\cf2\super [87]} will give you that food. God the Father showed that he is with the Son of Man.”

John 6:40

Every person that sees the Son and believes in him has life forever. I will raise up that person on the last day. This is what my Father wants.”

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered Jesus, “Lord, where would we go? You have the things that give life forever.

Romans 1:32

Those people know God’s law. They know God’s law says that people who live like that should die. But they continue to do those wrong things. And they say that people who do those things are doing right.

Romans 2:7

Some people live for God’s glory, for honor, and for life that cannot be destroyed. Those people live for those things by always continuing to do good. God will give life forever to those people.

Romans 5:12

Sin came into the world because of what one man (Adam) did. And with sin came death. So this is why all people must die—because all people sinned.

Romans 5:17

One man sinned, and so death ruled all people because of that one man. But now some people accept God’s full grace (kindness) and his great gift of being made right. Surely those people will have true life and rule through the one man, Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:21

Sin once used death to rule us. But God gave people more of his grace so that grace could rule by making people right with him. This brings life forever through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:16

Surely you know that when you give yourselves like slaves to obey someone, then you are really slaves of that person. The person you obey is your master. You can follow sin, or obey God. Sin brings spiritual death. But obeying God makes you right with him.

Romans 6:21

You did evil things. Now you are ashamed of those things. Did those things help you? No. Those things only bring \{spiritual\} death.

Romans 8:13

If you use your lives to do the wrong things your sinful selves want, then you will die spiritually. But if you use the Spirit’s {\cf2\super [64]} help to stop doing the wrong things you do with your body, then you will have \{true\} life.

Romans 8:6

If a person’s thinking is controlled by his sinful self, then there is spiritual death. But if a person’s thinking is controlled by the Spirit, then there is life and peace.

Galatians 3:10

But people who depend on following the law \{to make them right\} are under a curse. Why? Because the Scriptures say, “A person must do all the things that are written in the law. {\cf2\super [28]} If he does not always obey, then that person is under a curse!” {\cf2\super [29]}

Titus 1:2

That faith and that knowledge come from our hope for life forever. God promised that life to us before time began—and God does not lie.

James 1:15

This desire causes sin. Then the sin grows and brings death.

1 John 2:25

And this is what the Son promised to us—life forever.

Revelation 21:8

But the people who are cowards, people who refuse to believe, people who do terrible things, people who kill, people who sin sexually, people who do evil magic, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [159]} and people who tell lies—all those people will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”