Romans 6:22

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KJV King James Version

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

WEB World English Bible

But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.

ASV American Standard Version

But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And now, having been freed from the sin, and having become servants to God, ye have your fruit—to sanctification, and the end life age-during;

Surrounding context — Romans 6

19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

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

22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

23 For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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1 Peter 2:16As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.Romans 6:18Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.Galatians 5:13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.John 8:32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.Isaiah 54:17No 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 righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.Romans 6:14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.1 Corinthians 7:22For 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.Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,1 Peter 1:9Receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of [your] souls.Galatians 1:10For 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.Romans 7:4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, [even] to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.Romans 6:21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death.Daniel 3:26Then 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 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.Matthew 25:46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.Psalm 92:14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;John 15:2Every 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 4:36And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

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