Romans 6:23
King James Version
23 For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
I've always wondered what "the wages of sin is death" really meant.
I want to make sure I got it right.
Here to help me are other Bible versions:
Romans 6:23
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
23 For the wages which sin pays is death, but the [bountiful] free gift of God is eternal life through (in union with) Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23
Common English Bible
23 The wages that sin pays are death, but God’s gift is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23
Complete Jewish Bible
23 For what one earns from sin is death; but eternal life is what one receives as a free gift from God, in union with the Messiah Yeshua, our Lord.
Romans 6:23
Contemporary English Version
23 Sin pays off with death. But God's gift is eternal life given by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23
Easy-to-Read Version
23 When people sin, they earn what sin pays—death. But God gives his people a free gift—eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23
Expanded Bible
23 [L For; Because] The ·payment [wages] for sin is death. But God gives us the free gift of ·life forever [eternal life] in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23
GOD’S WORD Translation
23 The payment for sin is death, but the gift that God freely gives is everlasting life found in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23
Good News Translation
23 For sin pays its wage—death; but God's free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23
J.B. Phillips New Testament
23 Sin pays its servants: the wage is death. But God gives to those who serve him: his free gift is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23
Lexham English Bible
23 For the compensation due sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23
The Message
Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death. But God’s gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master.
Romans 6:23
New English Translation
23 For the payoff[a] of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23
New International Reader's Version
23 When you sin, the pay you get is death. But God gives you the gift of eternal life. That’s because of what Christ Jesus our Lord has done.
Romans 6:23
New Life Version
23 You get what is coming to you when you sin. It is death! But God’s free gift is life that lasts forever. It is given to us by our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:23
New Matthew Bible
23 For the reward of sin is death, but eternal life is the gift of God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23
New Testament for Everyone
23 The wages paid by sin, you see, are death; but God’s free gift is the life of the age to come, in the Messiah, Jesus our Lord.
Kehillah in Rome 6:23
Orthodox Jewish Bible
23 For the loin (wages) that [slave master] Chet (Sin) pays out of its own payroll is mavet (death); however, the gracious matnat hachesed Hashem (the gift of the grace of G-d) is Chayyei Olam baMoshiach Yehoshua Adoneinu.
Romans 6:23
Tree of Life Version
23 For sin’s payment[a] is death, but God’s gracious gift is eternal life in Messiah Yeshua our Lord.
Romans 6:23
The Voice
23 The payoff for a life of sin is death, but God is offering us a free gift—eternal life through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, the Liberating King.
Romans 6:23
Worldwide English (New Testament)
23 The reward that wrong ways give is to die. But the gift which God gives is to live for ever. Christ Jesus our Lord has done this for us.
In SUMMARY, "the wages of sin is death" means:
the wages which sin pays is death
The wages that sin pays are death
what one earns from sin is death
Sin pays off with death.
When people sin, they earn what sin pays—death.
The ·payment [wages] for sin is death.
The payment for sin is death
sin pays its wage—death
Sin pays its servants: the wage is death.
the compensation due sin is death
Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death.
the payoff[a] of sin is death
When you sin, the pay you get is death.
You get what is coming to you when you sin. It is death!
the reward of sin is death
The wages paid by sin, you see, are death
the loin (wages) that [slave master] Chet (Sin) pays out of its own payroll is mavet (death)
sin’s payment[a] is death
The payoff for a life of sin is death
The reward that wrong ways give is to die.
Death referred to here is "spiritual death".
A deadening of our lives.
A dimming of our light.
A falling into sin.
A corrupting of our bodies.
A path led by the enemy, bound for eternal fire.
JESUS conquered death at the cross.
Hebrews 2:14
King James Version
14 Forasmuch then as the children
are partakers of flesh and blood,
he also himself likewise took part of the same;
that through death he might destroy him
that had the power of death,
that is, the devil;
Which has also been discussed on "REAL life zombies".
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