Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

So what fruit was produced then from the things you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

International Standard Version

What benefit did you get from doing those things you are now ashamed of? For those things resulted in death.

A Conservative Version

What fruit therefore did ye have then, of which things ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

So what benefit did you get at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? [None!] For the outcome of those things is death!

An Understandable Version

What benefit did you receive at that time from doing the things you are now ashamed of? For the end of such behavior is [spiritual] death.

Anderson New Testament

What fruit, therefore, had you at that time, in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Bible in Basic English

What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.

Common New Testament

But then what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.

Daniel Mace New Testament

what benefit had you then in those things whereof you are now ashamed? since they terminated all in death.

Darby Translation

What fruit therefore had ye then in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of them is death.

Godbey New Testament

What fruit then had you at that time in those things in which you are now ashamed? for the end of these things is death.

Goodspeed New Testament

What good did you get from doing the things you are now ashamed of? Why, they result in death!

John Wesley New Testament

What fruit had ye then from those things whereof ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Julia Smith Translation

Therefore what fruit had ye then of what ye are now ashamed? for the end of these, death.

King James 2000

What fruit had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Therefore what sort of fruit did you have then, about which you are now ashamed? For the end of those [things] [is] death.

Modern King James verseion

What fruit did you have then in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

What fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are now ashamed. For the end of those things is death.

Moffatt New Testament

Well, what did you gain then by it all? Nothing but what you are now ashamed of! The end of all that is death;

Montgomery New Testament

What harvest-fruit then had you at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

NET Bible

So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

New Heart English Bible

What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Noyes New Testament

What fruit then had ye at that time from those things of which ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Sawyer New Testament

What fruit had you therefore then in things of which you are now ashamed? for the end of them is death.

The Emphasized Bible

What fruit, therefore, had ye then - in things for which ye now are taking shame to yourselves? For, the end of those things, is death.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

What fruit therefore had ye then in those things at which ye are now confounded? for the end of those things is death.

Twentieth Century New Testament

But what were the fruits that you reaped from those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of such things is Death.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

At that time, then, what benefit did you get from conduct which you now regard with shame? Why, such things finally result in death.

Williams New Testament

What benefit did you then derive from doing the things of which you are now ashamed? None, for they end in death.

World English Bible

What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Worrell New Testament

What fruit, therefore, had ye then in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

Worsley New Testament

What fruit therefore had ye then in the things, which ye are now ashamed of? for the end of those things is death.

Youngs Literal Translation

what fruit, therefore, were ye having then, in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of those is death.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

καρπός 
Karpos 
Usage: 25

had ye
ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

τότε 
Tote 
then, that time, when, not tr
Usage: 105

in
ἐπί 
Epi 
on, in, upon, unto, to,
Usage: 644

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

ye are
ἐπαισχύνομαι 
Epaischunomai 
be ashamed
Usage: 7

now
νῦν 
Nun 
Usage: 102

ἐπαισχύνομαι 
Epaischunomai 
be ashamed
Usage: 7

for
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

the end
τέλος 
Telos 
Usage: 28

ἐκεῖνος 
Ekeinos 
that, those, he, the same, they,
Usage: 148

Devotionals

Devotionals about Romans 6:21

Context Readings

Set Free From Sin

20 For being previously the slaves of sin, now ye have been made the slaves of righteousness. 21 Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death. 22 But now freed from sin and made slaves to God, ye have as your fruit sanctification and as the end, everlasting life.

Cross References

Romans 1:32

Who having understood the righteousness of God, they did not understand that those who do such things are worthy of death, not only those that do the same, but even those who encourage those that do them.

Romans 6:23

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

Romans 7:5

For while we were in the flesh, the affections of the sins which were by the law worked in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

Proverbs 14:12

There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Deuteronomy 17:6

At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death be put to death, but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

Deuteronomy 21:22

And when a man shall have committed a sin worthy of death, and he is to be put to death, and thou shall have hung him on a tree,

2 Samuel 12:5-7

And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, As the LORD lives, the man that has done this thing is worthy of death,

1 Kings 2:26

And unto Abiathar, the priest, the king said, Go to Anathoth, unto thine own inheritance, for thou art worthy of death; but I will not put thee to death today because thou didst bare the ark of the Lord GOD before David, my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

Ezra 9:6

and said, O my God, I am confused and ashamed to lift up my face to thee, my God, for our iniquities have multiplied over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto heaven.

Job 40:4

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand over my mouth.

Job 42:6

Therefore, I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.

Psalm 73:17

When I come into the sanctuary of God, then I shall understand their end.

Proverbs 1:31

Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own counsel.

Proverbs 5:10-13

lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and thy labours be in the house of a stranger,

Proverbs 9:17-18

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Isaiah 3:10

Say unto the righteous that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat of the fruit of their doings.

Jeremiah 3:3

Therefore the rain has been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; and thou dost have a whore's forehead, thou dost refuse to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 8:12

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among those that should fall: when I visit them, they shall fall, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown bread, but shall reap thorns; they had the heritage, but they did not profit; and they shall be ashamed because of your fruits, by the fierce anger of the LORD.

Jeremiah 17:10

I the LORD search the heart; I try the kidneys, even to give each man according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 31:19

Surely after I was turned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh; I was ashamed, and even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.

Jeremiah 44:20-24

Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people who had given him that answer, saying,

Ezekiel 16:61-63

Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

Ezekiel 36:31-32

Then ye shall remember your own evil ways and your doings that were not good and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

Ezekiel 43:11

And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, show them the form of the house, and its pattern, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all its figures, and all its descriptions, and all its paintings, and all its laws; and write it in their sight that they may keep the whole form thereof and all the ordinances thereof and do them.

Daniel 9:7-8

O Lord, the righteousness belongs unto thee, but unto us the confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near and that are far off through all the lands where thou hast driven them because of their rebellion with which they have rebelled against thee.

Daniel 12:2

And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth shall be awakened, some for eternal life, and some for shame and everlasting confusion.

Luke 15:17-21

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here with hunger!

Romans 8:6

For the prudence of the flesh is death, but the prudence of the Spirit, life and peace,

Romans 8:13

For if ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die; but if through the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

2 Corinthians 7:11

For behold this same thing, that when ye were made sorry by God, what carefulness it wrought in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things ye have shown yourselves to be clean in this matter.

Galatians 6:7-8

Do not deceive yourselves; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows that shall he also reap.

Philippians 3:19

whose end shall be perdition, whose God is their belly and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things).

Hebrews 6:8

but that which bears thorns and briers is rejected and is near unto cursing, whose end shall be by fire.

Hebrews 10:29

Of how much greater punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden underfoot the Son of God and has counted the blood of the covenant, with which he was sanctified, an unholy thing and has done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

James 1:15

Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death.

James 5:20

let that one know, that whosoever causes the sinner to convert from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:17

For it is time that the judgment begins from the house of God; and if it first begins with us, what shall the end be of those that do not obey the gospel of God?

1 John 2:28

And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

Revelation 16:6

for they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they deserve it.

Revelation 20:14

And Hades and death were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

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