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Romans 6:21

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

KJV

τίνα οὖν καρπὸν εἴχετε τότε ἐφ’ οἷς νῦν ἐπαισχύνεσθε; τὸ γὰρ τέλος ἐκείνων θάνατος.

Greek NT

Quem ergo fructum habuistis tunc in illis, in quibus nunc erubescitis ? nam finis illorum mors est.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
θάνατος
thanatos
noun · 120×
καρπός
karpos
noun · 66×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
τέλος
telos
noun · 41×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπαισχύνομαι
epaischunomai
verb · 11×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. They thought that He, thus speaking, did so with a view to the abrogation of the ancient institutions. This suspicion therefore He heals; nor here only does He so, but elsewhere also again. Thus, since they accounted Him no less than an adversary of God, from this sort of reason, namely, His not keeping the sabbath; He, to heal such their suspicion, there also again sets for…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210212.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
He advances to puberty, and indeed to the early part of the sixteenth year of his age, in which, having abandoned his studies, he indulged in lustful pleasures, and, with his companions, committed theft. Chapter 1. He Deplores the Wickedness of His Youth. 1. I Will now call to mind my past foulness, and the carnal corruptions of my soul, not because I love them, but that I may …

Cross-references

  • 1John 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.
  • 2Cor 4:2 — But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscienc
  • Dan 9:7 — O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, 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 fa
  • Dan 12:2 — And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
  • Deut 6:24 — And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
  • Eph 5:11 — And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
  • Ezek 14:6 — Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
  • Ezek 36:31 — Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
  • Ezra 9:6 — And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
  • Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
  • Gal 6:8 — For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
  • Hab 2:18 — What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
  • Heb 6:8 — But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
  • Jas 1:15 — Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
  • Jer 3:25 — We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD o
  • Jer 8:12 — Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they
  • Jer 17:10 — I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
  • Jer 17:10 — I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
  • Job 33:27 — He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
  • Mark 8:36 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
  • Prov 5:11 — And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
  • Prov 13:15 — Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
  • Prov 14:12 — There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
  • Prov 14:12 — There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
  • Prov 16:25 — There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
  • Prov 23:18 — For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
  • Ps 58:11 — So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
  • Rom 1:32 — Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
  • Rom 1:32 — Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
  • Rom 6:22 — But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
  • Rom 6:23 — For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 7:5 — For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
  • Rom 7:5 — For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
  • Rom 8:6 — For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
  • Rom 8:6 — For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
  • Rom 8:13 — For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
  • Rom 8:13 — For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.