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Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23
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Study notes

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

Explanation

Paul has been using the picture of slavery: people are slaves either to sin or to God (6:16-22). Sin pays a wage, and that wage is death. Eternal life is not earned; it is God's free gift.

Original language
  • ὀψώνια (opsōnia): compensation
    Greek · Noun, nominative, plural, neuter · Strong's G3800 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Wages: a soldier's pay.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Romans 6:23, word 3

  • ἁμαρτίας (hamartias): sin
    Greek · Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · Strong's G0266 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Of sin.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Romans 6:23, word 5

  • θάνατος (thanatos): death
    Greek · Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · Strong's G2288 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Death.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Romans 6:23, word 6

  • χάρισμα (charisma): gift
    Greek · Noun, nominative, singular, neuter · Strong's G5486 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Gift, free gift (charisma).

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Romans 6:23, word 9

  • ζωὴ (zōē): life
    Greek · Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · Strong's G2222 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Life.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Romans 6:23, word 12

  • αἰώνιος (aiōnios): eternal
    Greek · Adjective, nominative, singular, feminine · Strong's G0166 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Eternal.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Romans 6:23, word 13

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Original language (Greek)

τὰ γὰρ ὀψώνια τῆς ἁμαρτίας θάνατος, τὸ δὲ χάρισμα τοῦ θεοῦ ζωὴ αἰώνιος ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν.

  1. τὰta“The”
    Article, nominative, plural, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  2. γὰρgar“for”
    Conjunction · from γάρ · “for” · Strong's G1063
  3. ὀψώνιαopsōnia“wages”
    Noun, nominative, plural, neuter · from ὀψώνιον · “compensation” · Strong's G3800
  4. τῆςtēs“<the>”
    Article, genitive, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  5. ἁμαρτίαςhamartias“of sin”
    Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from ἁμαρτία · “sin” · Strong's G0266
  6. θάνατος,thanatos“[is] death,”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from θάνατος · “death” · Strong's G2288
  7. τὸto“<the>”
    Article, nominative, singular, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  8. δὲde“but”
    Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
  9. χάρισμαcharisma“the gift”
    Noun, nominative, singular, neuter · “gift” · Strong's G5486
  10. τοῦtou“<the>”
    Article, genitive, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  11. θεοῦtheou“of God”
    Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · from θεός · “God” · Strong's G2316
  12. ζωὴzōē“life”
    Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · from ζωή · “life” · Strong's G2222
  13. αἰώνιοςaiōnios“eternal”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, feminine · “eternal” · Strong's G0166
  14. ἐνen“in”
    Preposition · “in/on/among” · Strong's G1722
  15. ΧριστῷChristō“Christ”
    Noun, dative, singular, masculine · from Χριστός · “Christ” · Strong's G5547
  16. ἸησοῦIēsou“Jesus”
    Noun, dative, singular, masculine · from Ἰησοῦς · “Jesus/Joshua” · Strong's G2424G
  17. τῷtō“the”
    Article, dative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  18. κυρίῳkuriō“Lord”
    Noun, dative, singular, masculine · from κύριος · “lord” · Strong's G2962G
  19. ἡμῶν.hēmōn“of us.”
    Personal pronoun, 1st person, genitive, plural · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G3165
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  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)