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Romans 6:21 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Romans 6:21Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 6:2114 words
GreekMeaning
τίναtina
WhatpronounG5100
οὖνoun
thereforewordG3767
καρπὸνkarpon
fruitnounG2590
εἴχετεeichete
had youverbG2192
τότεtote
thenadverbG5119
ἐφ’eph’
in the thingsprepositionG1909
οἷςhois
of whichrelative pronounG3739
νῦνnyn
nowadverbG3568
ἐπαισχύνεσθεepaischynesthe
you are ashamed?verbG1870
τὸto
ThearticleG3588
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
τέλοςtelos
endnounG5056
ἐκείνωνekeinōn
of those thingsdemonstrativeG1565
θάνατοςthanatos
is deathnounG2288
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 6:21

“What fruit had ye then in those things whereof you are now ashamed?” So great was the slavery, that even the recollection of it now makes you ashamed; but if the recollection makes one ashamed, the reality would much more. And so you gained now in two ways, in having been freed from the shame; and also in having come to know the condition you were in; just as then you were injured in two ways, in doing things deserving shame, and in not even knowing to be ashamed. And this…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 12 on Romans
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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