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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Gill's Exposition
What fruit had ye then in those things?.... That is, what profit, pleasure, satisfaction, or comfort, had ye in the commission of sin? Sin yields no real profit to the servants of it. If a man, by…
Barnes' Notes
What fruit, then ... - What reward, or what advantage. This is an argument drawn from the experience of Christians respecting the indulgence of sinful passions. The question discussed throughout this…
Adam Clarke
What fruit had ye then in those things - God designs that every man shall reap benefit by his service. What benefit have ye derived from the service of sin?
Whereof ye are now ashamed? - Ye blush to…
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…
Cambridge Bible
What fruit had ye then "Then," or "therefore," points to the resulting practicedue to their just-described position.
fruit The word is very often used as a figure for "result," and almost always in a…
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