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
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
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.
Themes
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Lead to holiness
Punishment of the The Wicked » Is the fruit of their sin
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 6:21
Verse Info
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.