What fruit then had ye at that time? (τινα ουν καρπον ειχετε τοτε?). Imperfect active, used to have. A pertinent question. Ashes i…

What fruit had you then, etc. What reward, or what advantage. This is an argument drawn from the experience of Christians concerning the i…

For.—(You had no fruit) for, and so on. Some put the question at “then”: “What fruit had you therefore (omitted in the Au…

What fruit did you then have in those things of which you are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

You had such pleas…

The pre-Christian state is undesirable, for it yields no benefit. In fact, it leaves behind memories that produce shame (v.21). On the other hand, …

What fruit, then, etc. He could not more strikingly express what he intended than by appealing to their conscience, and by confes…

What fruit had you then in those things ?
&c.] That is, what profit, pleasure, satisfaction, or comfort, had you in …

The pleasure and profit of sin do not deserve to be called fruit. Sinners are merely ploughing iniquity, sowing vanity, and reaping the same. Shame…

1. After showing with a reason based on God’s grace that we should not continue in sin but should serve God, the Apostle shows the same thin…