Romans 6:23

Modern English Version

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 2:17

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.”

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, because out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

Proverbs 11:19

As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil will find death.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Isaiah 3:9

The expression of their countenance witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom; they hide it not. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.

Ezekiel 18:20

The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the punishment of the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the punishment of the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

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 shall die.

Matthew 25:46

“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

John 10:28

I give them eternal life. They shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand.

John 17:2

As You have given Him authority over all flesh, He will give eternal life to all whom You have given Him.

John 3:36

He who believes in the Son has eternal life. He who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

John 4:14

but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water that I shall give him will become in him a well of water springing up into eternal life.”

John 4:36

He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit that leads to eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

John 5:24

“Truly, truly I say to you, whoever hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life.

John 6:27

Do not work for the food which perishes, but for that food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

John 6:40

This is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Romans 1:32

who know the righteous requirement of God, that those who commit such things are worthy of death. They not only do them, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.

Romans 2:7

To those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality will be eternal life.

Romans 5:12

Therefore as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, so death has spread to all men, because all have sinned.

Romans 5:17

For if by one man’s trespass death reigned through him, then how much more will those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:21

so that just as sin reigned in death, grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:16

Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as slaves to obey, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

Romans 6:21

What fruit did you have then from the things of which you are now ashamed? The result of those things is death.

Romans 8:13

For if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if through the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Romans 8:38

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities nor powers, neither things present nor things to come,

Romans 8:39

neither height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:6

To be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace,

Galatians 3:10

For all who rely on the works of the law are under the curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the Book of the Law, to do them.”

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began,

James 1:15

Then, when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin; and when sin is finished, it brings forth death.

1 John 2:25

And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.

Revelation 21:8

But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the abominable, the murderers, the sexually immoral, the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars shall have their portion in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone. This is the second death.”