Ye have your fruit unto sanctification (εχετε τον καρπον υμων εις αγιασμον). Freedom from sin and slavery to God bring permanent f…

But now. Under the Christian plan of justification.

Being made free from sin. Being delivered from its dominion and from b…

You have your fruit.—You are no longer without fruit. Your fruit is the new Christian life which leads on to sanctificati…

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

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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, …

Ye have your fruit unto holiness, etc. As he had before mentioned a twofold end of sin, so he does now regarding righteousness. S…

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God ,
&c.] In what sense regenerate persons are free from s…

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…