Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Romans 6:21
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
Verse Romans 6:21. _WHAT FRUIT HAD YE THEN IN THOSE THINGS_] God designs that every man shall reap _benefit_ by _his_ service. What _benefit_ have ye derived from the _service of sin_? _WHEREOF YE A...
WHAT FRUIT, THEN ... - What reward, or what advantage. This is an argument drawn from the experience of Christians respecting the indulgence of sinful passions. The question discussed throughout this...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Dead with Christ to Sin. (Romans 6:1 .)_ 2. Risen with Christ and Alive to God. (Romans 6:8 .) 3. Sin shall Not Have Dominion. (Romans 6:12 .) 4. Servants to Righteousness. ...
THE CHRISTIAN'S SEVERANCE FROM SIN. Romans 6:12 f. The conflict turns on the possession of _the body:_ sin and God both claim the use of your limbs; sin must not reign in your mortal body, though that...
DYING TO LIVE (Romans 6:1-11)...
What then? Are we to go on sinning because we are not under the law but under grace? God forbid! Are you not aware that if you yield yourselves to anyone as slaves, in order to obey them, you are the...
FRUIT. Paul uses "fruit" of good results, never of evil ones. Compare Romans 6:22.Galatians 1:5; Galatians 1:22.Ephesians 5:9;...
_What fruit had ye then_ "Then," or "therefore," points to the _resulting practice_due to their just-described _position_. _fruit_ The word is very often used as a figure for "result," and almost alwa...
Romans 6:1 to Romans 7:6. The ethical bearing and standard of the new life in Christ. (1) Are we to conclude that the state of sin is to continue, as a provocative, so to speak, of the graciousness of...
15–23. These verses, starting from the contrast just stated, describe the same conditions as in Romans 6:1-14 but from a slightly different point of view; there the two states of man have been describ...
16–23. These verses answer the question put in Romans 6:15. The complexity of the passage is due to the fact that S. Paul wishes to explain that the Christian life is subject to law, but that the subj...
ΕἼΧΕΤΕ used you to enjoy. ἘΦ' ΟἿΣ = ἐκείνων ἐφ' οἷς, from those things at which.… ΚΑΡΠῸΝ here = the results of their slavery—so ὀψώνια—χάρισμα: in the one case earned and paid, in the other not earne...
ΕΊΧΕΤΕ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΈΠΑΙΣΧΎΝΕΣΘΕ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΠΑΙΣΧΎΝΟΜΑΙ (G1870) стыдиться....
DISCOURSE: 1849 UNPROFITABLENESS AND FOLLY OF SIN Romans 6:21. _What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death_. AS an appeal to the judgment...
_TEXT_ Romans 6:15-23. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid. Romans 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his s...
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. WHAT, FRUIT HAD YE THEN [ tote (G5119 ), OR 'AT THAT TIME,'] [IN THOSE THINGS] WHEREOF YE AR...
__ Conciliation-Individual 12 A realization of our death to sin and life in Christ will give us power to cope with sin, always remembering that sin cannot bring us into disfavor because of the super...
THE NEW RIGHTEOUSNESS IN UNION WITH CHRIST St. Paul's begins by repeating an objection he must often have heard from Jewish adversaries (cp: Romans 3:8), and suggested here by Romans 5:20 -'Does not t...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 6 FREEDOM FROM *SIN 6:1-23 DEAD TO *SIN, ALIVE IN *CHRIST 6:1-14 V1 God’s *grace increased because *sin increased. Bu...
(15-23) _Free_ forgiveness! What does that mean? Freedom to sin? Far from it. That were to return into the old slavery. To yield to sin is to be the servant or slave of sin with its consequence — deat...
FOR. — (You had no fruit) for. &c. Some put the question at “then.” “What fruit had ye therefore (omitted in the Authorised version) at that time? Things of which ye are now ashamed; for their end is...
CHAPTER 15 JUSTIFICATION AND HOLINESS: ILLUSTRATIONS FROM HUMAN LIFE Romans 6:14 - Romans 7:1 AT the point we have now reached, the Apostle's thought pauses for a moment, to resume. He has brought u...
f. To decide which of the two lives, or of the two freedoms, is the true, Paul appeals to their fruits. The marked contrast between τότε and νῦν is in favour of those who put the mark of interrogation...
“SIN SHALL NOT HAVE DOMINION” Romans 6:12 Standing with Christ on the resurrection side of death, we must present our whole being to God for His use. We have left forever behind, nailed to the Cross,...
The apostle declared, "We died to sin," that is, we were set free from our relationship to sin. On that basis he asked his question, How can we live in that to which we have died? Taking baptism as an...
(10) What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the (u) end of those things [is] death. (10) An exhortation to the study of righteousness and hatred of sin, the contrary r...
_You were free from justice; that is, says St. John Chrysostom, you lived as no ways subject to justice, nor obedient to the law and precepts of God: an unhappy freedom, a miserable liberty, worse tha...
FOURTEENTH PASSAGE (6:15-23). THE POWER OF THE NEW PRINCIPLE OF SANCTIFICATION TO DELIVER FROM SIN. The new principle had just been laid down. The apostle had found it in the object of justifying fait...
And what was the result of this shameful liberty? The apostle analyzes it into a _fruit_, καρπός, and an _end_, τέλος. _What fruit had ye then?_ he asks literally. The verb ἔχειν, _to have_, no more h...
“ _For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free in respect of righteousness. What fruit therefore had ye then? Things of which ye are now ashamed; for certainly their end is death._ ” We must se...
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. (19) I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to unc...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
_THE HIDEOUSNESS OF SIN_ ‘What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.’ Romans 6:21 I. THE FRUITLESSNESS OF SIN.—‘What fruit had ye?’ as...
21._What fruit, then_, _etc. _He could not more strikingly express what he intended than by appealing to their conscience, and by confessing shame as it were in their person. Indeed the godly, as soon...
The character of this new life, into which the resurrection of Christ has brought us, is presented here in a striking way. Christ had perfectly glorified God in dying; also even in dying was He the So...
WHAT FRUIT HAD YE THEN IN THOSE THINGS?.... That is, what profit, pleasure, satisfaction, or comfort, had ye in the commission of sin? Sin yields no real profit to the servants of it. If a man, by sin...
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things _is_ death. Ver. 21. _Whereof ye are ashamed_] Where sin is in the saddle, shame is on the crupper. Men...
_I speak after the manner of men_ He seems to mean that his reasoning was taken from the customs of men, and was accommodated to their apprehension; and that he used metaphors and allegories which wer...
WHAT FRUIT HAD YE; in that shameful, wicked course. Did it do you any good? THE END OF THOSE THINGS; their tendency, and the result to which when continued they lead. IS DEATH; temporal, spiritual, e...
A CHANGE OF MASTERS With the headship of Christ established for the believer - a headship which has to do with new life in contrast to the old life inherited from Adam, and grace reigning where sin ha...
ROMANS CHAPTER 6 1. Subject of this chapter a. NOT: baptism - mentioned 3 times b. IS: death - spiritual death c. Some form of the word "dead" is found 18 times d. Verses - 2, 3, 4 (2 times), 5,...
__ Romans 6:21 What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 'Fruit' -'Well, what did you gain by it all? Nothing but what you a...
21-23 The pleasure and profit of sin do not deserve to be called fruit. Sinners are but ploughing iniquity, sowing vanity, and reaping the same. Shame came into the world with sin, and is still the c...
q.d. And this will be much more equal and reasonable, if you consider these three things: 1. How little fruit and satisfaction your former sins have afforded you in the very time of committing them....
What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death....
Romans 6:21 What G5101 G3767 fruit G2590 have G2192 (G5707) then G5119 in G1909 which G3739 are...
‘For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard of righteousness. What fruit had you then at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.' Th...
WE ARE THEREFORE NO LONGER TO BE SERVANTS OF SIN, BUT SERVANTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND OF GOD, NO LONGER EARNING DEATH AS OUR WAGES, BUT RECEIVING THE FREE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD ...
CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN FREED FROM THE TYRANNY OF SIN BY DYING WITH CHRIST AND RISING WITH HIM AND ARE THEREFORE TO TRIUMPHANTLY SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING SO FREED FROM SIN (6:1-23). Having ended th...
3. MORAL RESULTS OF JUSTIFICATION; THOSE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH LIVE A NEW LIFE IN THE SPIRIT. The gospel is the power of God unto salvation; through it the will is affected, and thus is accomplished _mo...
2. _Christians are Dead to Sin_, _and Dedicated to God._ The exhortation of Romans 6:11 is expanded in Romans 6:12-14; the negative part (‘dead unto sin') in Romans 6:12-13 a; the positive part (‘aliv...
Romans 6:21. WHAT FRUIT THEREFORE HAD YE THEN. ‘Then' refers to their condition before conversion (Romans 6:20). Many editors and commentators punctuate the verse so as to read: ‘What fruit therefore...
WHAT FRUIT THEN HAD YE AT THAT TIME? (τινα ουν καρπον ειχετε τοτε?). Imperfect active, used to have. A pertinent question. Ashes in their hands now. They are ashamed now of the memory of them. The...
Romans 6:15 Bondmen of Righteousness. I. St. Paul's manner of thinking is frequently hard to follow. One peculiarity which contributes to make it a difficult exercise to track his reasoning is this:...
Romans 6:1 _What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?_ The fifth chapter ends up in this way, that «where sin abounded, etc… Jesus Christ our Lord.» Then he goes on t...
Romans 6:1. _What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?_ This seems to be a very plausible temptation, it is one which frequently came in the apostle's way, and therefor...
Romans 6:1. _What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?_ If the sinfulness of man has really given an opportunity for the display of divine mercy, then the devil's logic...
CONTENTS: Deliverance from the power of indwelling sin by counting the old life dead, and yielding to the new life. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: It is an abuse of the grace of God in Ch...
Romans 6:1. _Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?_ The apostle having said, that as sin had abounded by the entrance of the law, so grace had much more abounded by the proclamation of the...
WHAT DID YOU GAIN? Results show true value. They are now ashamed of their sinful acts. Sin brings death (eternal separation from God)!...
_What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed?_ THE CHARACTERS OF SIN Sin is here arraigned in all the periods of time. I. For the past as unfruitful. “What fruit had ye?” Sin o...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 6:20 Both physical and spiritual DEATH are probably meant here. ⇐...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 6:1 The law does not and cannot conquer sin, but the grace given to followers of Christ triumphs over sin and death. ⇐...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 6:12.—Sin works bodily desires as the utterances of itself, obedience to which gives it its domain in the body (Wordsworth). Sin personified as a sort of rival sovereign or de...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 8:1 (7) _Moral results to true believers of the revelation to them of the righteousness of God. _The _righteousness of God_ having been announced as revealed in the gospel (Romans 1...
What shall we say then? (Romans 6:1) If where sin abounds, grace does much more abound, Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? (Romans 6:1) No. Let's let God reveal how much grace there i...
1 John 2:28; 1 Kings 2:26; 1 Peter 4:17; 2 Corinthians 7:11; 2
Fruit. See on 1 13. Had ye [ε ι χ ε τ ε]. Imperfect tense, denoting continuance. What fruit were ye having during your service of sin ? In the things whereof [ε φ ο ι ς]. Some change the punctuation...
SHALL WE CONTINUE IN SIN? Romans 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Grace never gives a margin to sin. There are some who go so far as to use "salvation by Grace" as an excuse for laxity in their morals; they...
Those things — He speaks of them as afar off....
Here the apostle puts them in mind of the several mischiefs and inconveniences which did attend their former vicious course of life: namely, unprofitableness, WHAT FRUIT HAD YOU? Dishonourableness, WH...