Romans 6:23

The wages sin pays are death, but God's free gift is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Treated in 18 passages across the library.

  1. The Way to God (For Teens) · Dwight L. Moody

    Your Own Story cites Romans 6:23

    …of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” — Romans 6:23 (KJV) Moody had a word of advice for people who wanted to come to God but were stuck…

  2. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with the Indifferent or Careless cites Romans vi. 23

    …of the same chapter which shows how he may be saved from that curse under which he rests. Romans vi. 23 can often be used with good effect. “For the wages of sin is death.” Ask “what are the…

  3. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    The foundation of the whole discourse, laid in Romans viii. 13 cites Rom. vi. 23

    …properly and strictly, — for “eternal life is the gift of God through Jesus Christ,” Rom. vi. 23, — but of means and end. God hath appointed this means for the attaining that end, which…

  4. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with the Willful and the Deluded cites Romans vi. 23

    …scripture and let it talk for itself and then leave the person alone to reflect upon it. Romans vi. 23; Heb. x. 28, 29; Heb. xii. 25; Mark xvi. 16; Prov. xxix. 1, and Prov. i. 24‒33, are…

  5. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Fourth Stage cites Rom. 6:23

    …was hard, and your wages such as a man could not live on; for the wages of sin is death, Rom. 6:23; therefore, when I was come to years, I did, as other considerate persons do, look out if…

  6. The Key Teachings of Dwight L. Moody · Ochorus Originals

    Look and Live cites ROMANS 6:23

    …wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. ROMANS 6:23 Moody pressed this to its practical end. How long does it take to accept a gift? There is…

  7. Real Questions – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    Conclusion: Keep Asking cites Romans 6:23

    …the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23). But God didn’t leave us there. “But God proves His love for us in this: While we were…

  8. Real Questions – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Why Did Jesus Have to Die? cites Romans 6:23

    …and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). And “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). Imagine a judge who let every criminal go free because he was “nice”. Victims would…

  9. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 8 — Exposition of the Moral Law cites Rom. 6:23

    …what saith the Scripture? Certainly when Paul says, that “the wages of sin is death,” (Rom. 6:23), he shows that he knew nothing of this vile distinction. As we are but too prone to…

  10. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 4 — Penitence, as Explained in the Sophistical Jargon of the Schoolmen, Widely Different from the Purity Required by the Gospel cites Rom. 6:23

    …that “the wages of sin is death;” and that “the soul that sinneth, it shall die,” (Rom. 6:23; Ezek. 18:20). The sins of believers are venial, not because they do not merit death, but…

  11. The Key Teachings of Athanasius of Alexandria · Ochorus Originals

    What Was God to Do? cites ROMANS 6:23

    …wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. ROMANS 6:23 Nor did they stop at one sin. Athanasius paints a grim picture of a world that had become…

  12. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    What Is the Gospel in One Minute? cites Romans 6:23

    …the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23). Sin isn’t just a few mistakes. It’s turning our backs on the God who made us, and it…

  13. A Call to the Unconverted · Richard Baxter

    Sermon III cites Rom. vi. 23

    …think you have reason to sin, should you not remember that “death is the wages of sin,” Rom. vi. 23. and think whether you have any reason to undo yourselves, body and soul, for ever?—You…

  14. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.2 Repentance cites Rom 6: 23

    …It has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages. Rom 6: 23. What is there in sin then, that men should continue in it? Say not it is sweet. Who…

  15. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Sin cites Rom. vi. 23

    …shall in any wise enter heaven.” (Jer. xliv. 4; Hab. i. 13; James ii. 10; Ezek. xviii. 4; Rom. vi. 23; Rom. ii. 16; Mark ix. 44; Ps. ix. 17; Matt. xxv. 46; Rev. xxi. 27.) These are indeed…

  16. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 14 — The Beginning of Justification cites Rom. 6:23

    …on the mercy of God; “The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life,” (Rom. 6:23). Why, as he contrasts life with death, does he not also contrast righteousness with sin?…

  17. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Forgiveness cites Rom. vi. 23

    …ever leads us into such wickedness as our own hearts. And “the wages of sin is death.” (Rom. vi. 23.) We must either be forgiven, or lost eternally. We are all guilty sinners in the sight…

  18. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Ninth Stage cites Rom. 6:21-23

    …for his faith and good living in Vanity Fair, that the end of these things is death, Rom. 6:21-23; and that for these things’ sake, the wrath of God cometh upon the children of…

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