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What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
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The Empty Promise of Sin
Paul asks a rhetorical question: "What good 'fruit' did your old life of sin produce?" Commentators agree the answer is "nothing of value." They describe the supposed benefits of sin as ashes, poison from a beautiful serpent, or a harvest of vanity. The verse forces believers to honestly assess their past and recognize that sin's promises of pleasure and profit are ultimately deceptive and empty.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
What fruit had you then, etc. What reward, or what advantage. This is an argument drawn from the experience of Christians concerning the i…
What fruit then had ye at that time? (τινα ουν καρπον ειχετε τοτε?). Imperfect active, used to have. A pertinent question. Ashes i…
19th Century
Anglican
For.—(You had no fruit) for, and so on. Some put the question at “then”: “What fruit had you therefore (omitted in the Au…
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Baptist
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, …
16th Century
Protestant
What fruit, then, etc. He could not more strikingly express what he intended than by appealing to their conscience, and by confes…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
