Romans 6:21
What fruit therefore did ye have then, of which things ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
20For when ye were bondmen of sin, ye were uninhibited by righteousness.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:6At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death. He shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness.
2 Samuel 12:5And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, As LORD lives, the man who has done this is worthy to die.
Ezra 9:6and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God, for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.
Job 42:6Therefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
Proverbs 1:31Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant.
Matthew Henry on Romans 6:2-23
On Sanctification. ( a. d. 58.) 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 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. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness… Read the whole commentary →