Romans 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.
KJV
νυνὶ δέ, ἐλευθερωθέντες ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας δουλωθέντες δὲ τῷ θεῷ, ἔχετε τὸν καρπὸν ὑμῶν εἰς ἁγιασμόν, τὸ δὲ τέλος ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
Greek NT
Nunc vero liberati a peccato, servi autem facti Deo, habetis fructum vestrum in sanctificationem, finem vero vitam æternam.
Vulgate
But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.
ASV
But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, you have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end life everlasting.
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἰώνιος
aionios
adjective · 70×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δουλόω
douloo
verb · 8×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
ζωή
zoe
noun · 135×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καρπός
karpos
noun · 66×
νυνί
nuni
adverb · 21×
τέλος
telos
noun · 41×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἁγιασμός
agiasmos
noun · 10×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
ἐλευθερόω
eleutheroo
verb · 7×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
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9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1995The Holy Spirit is the master of the interior life. By giving birth to the "inner man,"44 justification entails the sanctification of his whole being: Just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for sanctification.... But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, …
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…
Chapter 11.—Of the Happiness of the Eternal Peace, Which Constitutes the End or True Perfection of the Saints. And thus we may say of peace, as we have said of eternal life, that it is the end of our good; and the rather because the Psalmist says of the city of God, the subject of this laborious work, “Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion: for He hath strengthen…
Summa Theologica · 2 passages
Is happiness something uncreated? If it be something created, is it an operation? Is it an operation of the sensitive, or only of the intellectual part? If it be an operation of the intellectual part, is it an operation of the intellect, or of the will? If it be an operation of the intellect, is it an operation of the speculative or of the practical intellect? If it be an opera…
Is a sacrament a kind of sign? Is every sign of a sacred thing a sacrament? Is a sacrament a sign of one thing only, or of several? Is a sacrament a sign that is something sensible? Is some determinate sensible thing required for a sacrament? Is signification expressed by words necessary for a sacrament? Are determinate words required? May anything be added to or subtracted fro…
To men justified in this manner, whether they have preserved uninterruptedly the grace received or have recovered it when lost, are to be pointed out the words of the Apostle: Abound in every good work, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. For God is not unjust that he should forget your work, and the love which you have shown in his name. And, Do not lose your c…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 7:22 — For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.
- 1Pet 1:9 — Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
- 1Pet 1:9 — Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
- 1Pet 2:16 — As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
- 1Pet 2:16 — As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
- 1Pet 2:24 — Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
- 1Thess 4:3 — For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
- Acts 27:23 — For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
- Dan 3:26 — Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadr
- Gal 1:10 — For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
- Gal 5:13 — For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
- Gal 5:22 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
- Gal 5:22 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
- Heb 9:14 — How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- Heb 12:14 — Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
- Isa 54:17 — No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteous
- Isa 54:17 — No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteous
- John 3:15 — That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- John 4:36 — And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
- John 4:36 — And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
- John 5:23 — That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
- John 8:32 — And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- John 8:32 — And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- John 15:2 — Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
- John 15:5 — I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
- Jude 1:1 — Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
- Lev 25:42 — For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
- Luke 8:15 — But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
- Luke 20:38 — For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
- Matt 19:16 — And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
- Matt 25:46 — And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
- Phil 1:11 — Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
- Prov 12:28 — In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
- Ps 92:14 — They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
- Ps 119:125 — I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
- Ps 143:12 — And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
- Rom 6:6 — Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
- Rom 6:14 — For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
- Rom 6:18 — Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
- Rom 6:18 — Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.