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 when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to 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 that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

Cross References

Romans 1:32

Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

Romans 6:23

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

Romans 7:5

For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

Proverbs 14:12

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Deuteronomy 17:6

On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses the one who is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness.

Deuteronomy 21:22

"And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

2 Samuel 12:5-7

Then David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, "As the LORD lives, the man who has done this deserves to die,

1 Kings 2:26

And to Abiathar the priest the king said, "Go to Anathoth, to your estate, for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because you shared in all my father's affliction."

Ezra 9:6

saying: "O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.

Job 40:4

"Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

Job 42:6

therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."

Psalm 73:17

until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.

Proverbs 1:31

therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.

Proverbs 5:10-13

lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner,

Proverbs 9:17-18

"Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Isaiah 3:10

Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Jeremiah 3:3

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come; yet you have the forehead of a whore; you refuse to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 8:12

Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they shall be overthrown, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns; they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the LORD."

Jeremiah 17:10

"I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds."

Jeremiah 31:19

For after I had turned away, I relented, and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh; I was ashamed, and I was confounded, because I bore the disgrace of my youth.'

Jeremiah 44:20-24

Then Jeremiah said to all the people, men and women, all the people who had given him this answer:

Ezekiel 16:61-63

Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you take your sisters, both your elder and your younger, and I give them to you as daughters, but not on account of the covenant with you.

Ezekiel 36:31-32

Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations.

Ezekiel 43:11

And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, that is, its whole design; and make known to them as well all its statutes and its whole design and all its laws, and write it down in their sight, so that they may observe all its laws and all its statutes and carry them out.

Daniel 9:7-8

To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you.

Daniel 12:2

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Luke 15:17-21

"But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!

Romans 8:6

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

Romans 8:13

For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

2 Corinthians 7:11

For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.

Galatians 6:7-8

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.

Hebrews 6:8

But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.

Hebrews 10:29

How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has spurned the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?

James 1:15

Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

James 5:20

let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:17

For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?

1 John 2:28

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.

Revelation 16:6

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!"

Revelation 20:14

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

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