A One Verse Summary of the Bible

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Romans 6:23

Bible Text in Bold—Comments in Italics

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

For the wages  (what you get for what you do) of sin (a violation of Bible principles including both doing wrong and not doing right) is death, (spirit/soul separated from the body and spirit/soul separated from God) but the free gift (not earned, not deserved, a conditional gift, but nevertheless a totally free gift) of God (the creator of the universe) is eternal life (God-quality life that last forever) in (in a personal relationship with) Christ Jesus (Jesus is God the son who lived a perfect life, died on a cross for the sins of the world and was resurrected from the dead) our Lord (Master, Boss, Leader).

Romans 6:23 is as close as you can get to a “one verse” summary of Christianity.  You should memorize it and meditate on it daily for at least 21 days.  It would also be good to “run the cross references” and write notes on what you find.