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Romans 6:22-23 KJV
Romans · chapter 6 · verses 22–23
22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.Romans 6:22-23 · King James Version
Romans 6:22-23 in context
20For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Peter 2:16
- Romans 6:18
- Romans 8:2
- Galatians 5:13
- John 8:32
- John 3:36
- Romans 5:12
- James 1:15
- John 6:40
- Ezekiel 18:20
- Matthew 25:46
- John 5:24
Key words (Strong's)
- everlastingaiōnioswithout beginning and end, that which always has been and always will be, without…G166 →
- servantsdouloōto make a slave of, reduce to bondage, metaph. give myself wholly to one s needs and…G1402 →
- holinesshagiasmosconsecration, purification, the effect of consecration, sanctification of heart and lifeG38 →
- throughenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- fruitkarposfruit, the fruit of the trees, vines, of the fields, the fruit of one's loinsG2590 →
- wagesopsōniona soldier's pay, allowance, that part of the soldier's support given in place of pay…G3800 →
- deaththanatosthe death of the body, that separation of the soul and the body by which the life on…G2288 →
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The apostle's transition, which joins this discourse with the former, is observable: "What shall we say then? Rom 6:1. What use shall we make of this sweet and comfortable doctrine? Shall we do evil that good may come, as some say we do? Rom 3:8.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-23