Romans 6:22

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. BUT NOW - as if to get away from such a subject were unspeakable relief, BEING MADE FREE FROM SIN, AND BECOME SERVANTS TO GOD - in the absolute sense intended throughout all this passage, YE HAVE - not 'ought to have,' but do 'have,' in point of fact, YOUR FRUIT UNTO HOLINESS, [ eis (G1519) agiasmon (G39)] - 'unto sanctification,' as in Romans 6:19; meaning that permanently holy state and character which is built up out of the whole "fruits of righteousness" which believers successively bring forth. Th...

22._Ye have your fruit unto holiness_, _etc. _As he had before mentioned a twofold end of sin, so he does now as to righteousness. Sin in this life brings the torments of an accusing conscience, and in the next eternal death. We now gather the fruit of righteousness, even holiness; we hope in future to gain eternal life. These things, unless we are beyond measure stupid, ought to generate in our minds a hatred and horror of sin, and also a love and desire for righteousness. Some render τελος, “tribute” or reward, and not “end,” but not, as I think, according to the meaning of the Apostle; for though it is true that we bear the punishment of death on account of sin, yet this word is not suitable to the other clause, to which it is applied by Paul, inasmuch as life cannot be said to be the tribute or reward of righteousness....

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 certain effect of it. The end of sin is death. Though the way may seem pleasant and inviting, yet it will be bitterness in the latter end. From this condemnation the believer is set at liberty, when made free from sin. If the fruit is unto holiness, if there is an active principle of true and growing grace, the end will be everlasting life; a very happy end! Though the way is up-hill, though it is narrow, thorny, and beset, yet everlasting life at the end of it is sure. The gift of God is eternal life. And this gift is through Jesus Christ our Lord. Christ purchased it, prepared it, prepares us for it, preserves us to it; he is the All in all in our salvation....

Verse Romans 6:22. _BUT NOW BEING MADE FREE FROM SIN_] As being _free_ _from righteousness_ is the finished character of a _sinner_, so being _made free_ from _sin_ is the finished character of a _genuine_ _Christian_. _AND BECOME SERVANTS TO GOD_] They were transferred from the service of one master to that of another: they were freed from the slavery of sin, and engaged in the service of God. _FRUIT UNTO HOLINESS_] _Holiness_ of heart was the _principle_; and _righteousness_ of life the fruit....

BUT NOW - Under the Christian plan of justification. BEING MADE FREE FROM SIN - Being delivered from its dominion, and from bondage; in the same manner as before conversion they were free from righteousness, Romans 6:20. YE HAVE YOUR FRUIT UNTO HOLINESS - The fruit or result is holiness. This service produces holiness, as the other did sin. It is implied here, though not expressly affirmed, that in this service which leads to holiness, they received important benefits, as in the service of sin they had experienced many evils. AND THE END - The final result - the ultimate consequence will be. At present this service produces holiness; hereafter it will terminate in everlasting life. By this consideration the apostle states the tendency

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 1:17), set forth as available for all mankind (Romans 3:21), shown to be in accordance with the teaching of the Old Testament (Romans 4:1), viewed with regard to the feelings and hopes of believers fell Romans 5:1) and to the position of the human race before God ...

BUT NOW BEING MADE FREE FROM SIN, AND BECOME SERVANTS TO GOD,.... In what sense regenerate persons are free from sin, and are become the servants of God, has been observed already; the consequence of which is, that such have their FRUIT UNTO HOLINESS, AND THE END EVERLASTING LIFE: holiness is a fruit of freedom from the bondage of sin, and of serving God; holiness begun in regeneration, calling, and conversion, is a fruit of the Spirit; a course of living righteously is a fruit of holiness, as a principle implanted; a gradual increase in holiness is carried on by the Spirit of God in a course of righteousness; and a course of righteousness, from a principle of grace, issues in perfect holiness; "without which no man shall see the Lord" (#Heb 12:14): here it seems to design, that holiness is fruit, or that which is gain and profit to persons, in opposition to sin, in which there is no pr...

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 would be, « Let us commit more sin, that there may be more room for grace to work.» But Christians have learned their reasoning in another school, and to such diabolical arguments they answer in the words of the apostle: Romans 6:2. _God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?_ The two terms are exactly opposite to one another. If, through grace, we are dead to sin how can we live in it ? If, sinners as we are, we come to Christ to be saved from sin, then it would be a complete misuse of language to talk of being saved from sin, yet still to continue in

SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _ HOLINESS Sanctification. (_ See Scofield) - (Revelation 22:11). _...

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. (Romans 6:15 .) Romans 6:1 We have learned from the previous chapter that the justified believer is in Christ and fully identified with Him. God sees the believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, no longer in Adam, but in Christ, the head of a new creation. “So if any one be in Christ, it is a new creation the old things have passed away, behold a