Verse of the Day
Romans 6:21 NIV
What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!
Translations of Today's Verse
King James Version
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.English Standard Version
But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.The Message
But do you call that a free life? What did you get out of it? Nothing you're proud of now. Where did it get you? A dead end.New King James Version
What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.New Living Translation
And what was the result? It was not good, since now you are ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom.Romans 6:21 In-Context
19 I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness.
20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness.
21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!
22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in
This Week's Daily Bible Verses
Wednesday, April 29
James 2:8
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, "Love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing right.
Read all of James 2 NIVTuesday, April 28
John 1:12-13
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God -- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
Read all of John 1 NIVMonday, April 27
Acts 4:10-12
"Know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. He is 'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the capstone.' Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
Read all of Acts 4 NIVSaturday, April 25
1 Peter 3:15
But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.
Read all of 1 Peter 3 NIVFriday, April 24
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
Read all of Galatians 5 NIVThursday, April 23
1 John 4:16b-17
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.
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Commentary on Today's Verse
Commentary on Romans 6:21-23
(Read Romans 6:21-23)
The pleasure and profit of sin do not deserve to be called fruit. Sinners are but ploughing iniquity, sowing vanity, and reaping the same. Shame came into the world with sin, and is still the certain effect of it. The end of sin is death. Though the way may seem pleasant and inviting, yet it will be bitterness in the latter end. From this condemnation the believer is set at liberty, when made free from sin. If the fruit is unto holiness, if there is an active principle of true and growing grace, the end will be everlasting life; a very happy end! Though the way is up-hill, though it is narrow, thorny, and beset, yet everlasting life at the end of it is sure. The gift of God is eternal life. And this gift is through Jesus Christ our Lord. Christ purchased it, prepared it, prepares us for it, preserves us to it; he is the All in all in our salvation.