Romans 6:20-23
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20 When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.(A) 21 So what fruit did you then gain from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death.(B) 22 But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the fruit you have leads to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.(C) 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.(D)
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Romans 6:20-23
New English Translation
20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.
21 So what benefit[a] did you then reap[b] from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now, freed[c] from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit[d] leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life. 23 For the payoff[e] of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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- Romans 6:21 tn Grk “fruit.”
- Romans 6:21 tn Grk “have,” in a tense emphasizing their customary condition in the past.
- Romans 6:22 tn The two aorist participles translated “freed” and “enslaved” are causal in force; their full force is something like “But now, since you have become freed from sin and since you have become enslaved to God….”
- Romans 6:22 tn Grk “fruit.”
- Romans 6:23 tn A figurative extension of ὀψώνιον (opsōnion), which refers to a soldier’s pay or wages. Here it refers to the end result of an activity, seen as something one receives back in return. In this case the activity is sin, and the translation “payoff” captures this thought. See also L&N 89.42.
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