Romans 6:21 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things {is} death.”

Romans 6:21

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I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. {from...: Gr. to righteousness}

What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things {is} death.

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

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

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Romans 6:1

"What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?"

Romans 6:2

"God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?"

Romans 6:3

"Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? {were: or, are}"

Romans 6:4

"Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life."

Romans 6:5

"For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also {in the likeness} of {his} resurrection:"

Romans 6:6

"Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with {him}, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin."

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