Romans 6:21
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
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Study Note
Paul's rhetorical question — 'What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death' — deploys the harvest metaphor to expose the retroactive bankruptcy of pre-conversion life. The present shame about past conduct (described in verses 19-20 as 'servants to uncleanness') becomes itself evidence of moral progress: only those whose conscience has been renewed can recognise past slavery as shameful. The pairing 'fruit…death' inverts Galatians 5:22-23's 'fruit of the Spirit' whose end is life, creating a structural antithesis that encapsulates Paul's two-ages soteriology. The verse is pastorally significant because it validates rather than suppresses the convert's memory of shame as evidence of genuine transformation.
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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.
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At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; …
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and …
And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man …
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king …
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy …
And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for …
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.