Parallel Verses

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.

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!

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 when you were [once] slaves to [the practice of] sin, you were free from [being controlled by] righteousness. 21 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. 22 But now, since you have been freed from [the practice of] sin and have become slaves to God, the benefits you receive are a holy life [here] and never ending life in the future.

Cross References

Romans 1:32

These people know that God's decrees require that those who practice such things deserve to die [i.e., either spiritual or temporal punishment], yet they not only do the same things [themselves], but even approve of other people who practice them.

Romans 6:23

For the wages for sinning is [spiritual] death, but God's free gift is never ending life in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 7:5

For when we were in the flesh [i.e., before conversion], our sinful desires, aroused by [the restrictions of] the law of Moses, worked in our bodies to produce activity that led to [spiritual] death.

Luke 15:17-21

But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread to eat, and here I am, dying from hunger!

Romans 8:6

For the one whose mind is [controlled] by the flesh will suffer [spiritual] death; but the one whose mind is [controlled] by the Holy Spirit will enjoy [never ending] life and peace.

Romans 8:13

for if you people live under [the control of] the flesh, you must die [spiritually]; but if you put to death [i.e., stop practicing] the [sinful] habits of the body by [the power of] the Holy Spirit, you will live [spiritually].

2 Corinthians 7:11

See how the very fact that you were made sorry from a godly motive has produced earnestness in you! [It produced] a desire to vindicate yourselves [i.e., by making amends for your wrongdoing]; an attitude of just anger [i.e., toward the wrongdoers]; a sense of fear [i.e., a fear of God for doing wrong]; an eager desire [i.e., to do the right thing]; a zeal [i.e., to correct problems]; and an attitude of avenging [i.e., that punished the wrongdoer]. You demonstrated in everything [you did] that you were pure [i.e., innocent] in this matter. [Note: This whole description of their conduct appears to be a reference to the incident mentioned in 2:1-11].

Galatians 6:7-8

Do not be deceived; God will not be fooled. Whatever a person does with his life, he will reap [the results of it].

Philippians 3:19

Their [ultimate] end is [spiritual] destruction; their god is their appetite; they boast of what they ought to be ashamed of, and they [constantly] think about worldly things.

Hebrews 6:8

But if the land produces [only] thorns and thistles, it is worthless and in danger of being cursed [by God], and will end up being burned.

Hebrews 10:29

How much more severely do you think a person deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God and has regarded the blood of the [New] Agreement, with which he was set apart for God, an unholy thing and has insulted the Holy Spirit, through whom God's unearned favor is shown?

James 1:15

Then, when the evil desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. And when sin is fully grown, it produces [spiritual] death.

James 5:20

that person should know that whoever brings a sinner back from the error of his way will save that soul from [spiritual] death and will cover over a large number of sins [i.e., the many sins of that person will become forgiven].

1 Peter 4:17

For the time has [now] come for the house of God [the church, See I Tim. 3:15] to begin receiving judgment [i.e., by undergoing persecution], and if it starts with us [Christians], what will be the [ultimate] end of people who do not obey the Gospel of God?

1 John 2:28

And now, little children [i.e., dear ones], continue to live in [fellowship with] Christ, so that when He appears, we may have boldness and not have [any reason] to be ashamed in front of Him at His [second] coming.

Revelation 16:6

For they [i.e., the followers of the beast. See verse 2] have shed the blood of God's holy people and [their] prophets, and you have given them blood to drink because they deserved it [i.e., these persecutors deserved the punishment they received for shedding blood].

Revelation 20:14

Then death and the unseen place of departed spirits were thrown into the lake of fire [i.e., after their spirits were reunited with some kind of a body]. This lake of fire is the second death.

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