Parallel Verses
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!
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.
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.
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 When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness [you had no desire to conform to God’s will]. 21 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! 22 But now since you have been set free from sin and have become [willing] slaves to God, you have your benefit, resulting in sanctification [being made holy and set apart for God’s purpose], and the outcome [of this] is eternal life.
Cross References
Romans 1:32
Although they know God’s righteous decree and His judgment, that those who do such things deserve death, yet they not only do them, but they even [enthusiastically] approve and tolerate others who practice them.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God [that is, His remarkable, overwhelming gift of grace to believers] is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 7:5
When we were living in the flesh [trapped by sin], the sinful passions, which were awakened by [that which] the Law [identifies as sin], were at work in our body to bear fruit for death [since the willingness to sin led to death and separation from God].
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him,
But its end is the way of death.
Deuteronomy 17:6
Deuteronomy 21:22
“And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death and [
2 Samuel 12:5-7
Then David’s anger burned intensely 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
Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go to Anathoth to your own fields, for you
Ezra 9:6
and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongdoings have risen higher than our heads and our guilt has grown to the heavens.
Job 40:4
“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
Job 42:6
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
Psalm 73:17
Until I came into the sanctuary of God;
Then I understood [for I considered] their end.
Proverbs 1:31
“Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own [wicked] way
And be satiated with [the penalty of] their own devices.
Proverbs 5:10-13
And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God];
Proverbs 9:17-18
“Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden];
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Proverbs 16:25
There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him,
But its end is the way of death.
Isaiah 3:10
Say to the righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their [righteous] actions.
Jeremiah 3:3
“Therefore the showers have been withheld,
And there has been no spring rain.
Yet you have the forehead (appearance) of a prostitute;
You refuse to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 8:12
“Were they ashamed because of the extremely disgusting and shamefully vile things they had done?
They were not at all ashamed,
And they did not know how to blush.
Therefore, they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time of their punishment they shall be overthrown,”
Says the Lord.
Jeremiah 12:13
“They have planted wheat but have reaped thorns;
They have exhausted themselves but without profit.
So be ashamed of your harvest
Because of the fierce and raging anger of the Lord.”
Jeremiah 17:10
“I, the Lord, search and examine the mind,
I test the heart,
To give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.
Jeremiah 31:19
‘After I turned away [from You], I repented;
After I was instructed, I struck my thigh [in remorse];
I was ashamed and even humiliated
Because I carried the disgrace of my youth [as a nation].’
Jeremiah 44:20-24
Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women and to all the people who had given him that answer,
Ezekiel 16:61-63
Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both your older and your younger; I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant [with Me].
Ezekiel 36:31-32
Then you will remember [clearly] your [own] evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your sins and for your outrageous atrocities.
Ezekiel 43:11
If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple (house), its layout, its exits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes, and all its laws. And write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design and all its statutes and do them.
Daniel 9:7-8
“Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us confusion and open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away, in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the [treacherous] acts of unfaithfulness which they have committed against You.
Daniel 12:2
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake (resurrect), these to everlasting life, but some to disgrace and everlasting contempt (abhorrence).
Luke 15:17-21
Romans 8:6
Now the mind of the flesh is death [both now and forever—because it pursues sin]; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace [the spiritual well-being that comes from walking with God—both now and forever];
Romans 8:13
for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever.
2 Corinthians 7:11
For [you can look back and] see what an earnestness and authentic concern this godly sorrow has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves [against charges that you tolerate sin], what indignation [at sin], what fear [of offending God], what longing [for righteousness and justice], what passion [to do what is right], what readiness to punish [those who sin and those who tolerate sin]! At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in the matter.
Galatians 6:7-8
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap.
Philippians 3:19
whose fate is destruction, whose god is their belly [their worldly appetite, their sensuality, their vanity], and whose glory is in their shame—who focus their mind on earthly and temporal things.
Hebrews 6:8
but if it persistently produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.
Hebrews 10:29
How much greater punishment do you think he will deserve who has rejected and trampled under foot the Son of God, and has considered unclean and common the blood of the covenant that
James 1:15
Then when the illicit desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin has run its course, it gives birth to death.
James 5:20
let the [latter] one know that the one who has turned a sinner from the error of his way will save that one’s soul from death and cover a multitude of sins [that is, obtain the pardon of the many sins committed by the one who has been restored].
1 Peter 4:17
For it is the time [destined] for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not respect or believe or obey the gospel of God?
1 John 2:28
Now, little children (believers, dear ones), remain in Him [with unwavering faith], so that when He appears [at His return], we may have [perfect] confidence and not be ashamed and shrink away from Him at His coming.
Revelation 16:6
for they have poured out the blood of the saints (God’s people) and the prophets, and You [in turn] have given them blood to drink. They deserve Your judgment.”
Revelation 20:14
Then death and Hades [the realm of the dead] were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire [the eternal separation from God].