a sin (properly abstract) · noun — genitive singular feminine
and
δὲde
G1161
but · conjunction
servants
δουλωθέντεςdoulōthentes
G1402
to enslave (literally or figuratively) · verb — aorist passive participle, nominative plural masculine
God
θεῷtheō
G2316
figuratively · noun — dative singular masculine, a title
have
ἔχετεechete
G2192
to hold (used in very various applications · verb — present active indicative, 2nd person plural
your
ὑμῶνhymōn
G5216
of (from or concerning) you
fruit
καρπὸνkarpon
G2590
fruit (as plucked) · noun — accusative singular masculine
unto
εἰςeis
G1519
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
holiness
ἁγιασμόν,hagiasmon
G38
properly · noun — accusative singular masculine
and
δὲde
G1161
but · conjunction
end
τέλοςtelos
G5056
properly · noun — accusative singular neuter
everlasting
αἰώνιον.aiōnion
G166
perpetual (also used of past time · adjective — accusative singular feminine
life
ζωὴνzōēn
G2222
life (literally or figuratively) · noun — accusative singular feminine
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
1 Peter 2:16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Romans 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Galatians 5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is t…
Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
1 Corinthians 7:22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Romans 6:1–end
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 that good may come, as some say we do? Rom 3:8. Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Shall we hence take encouragement to sin with so much the more boldness, because the more sin we commit the more will the grace of God be magnified in our pardon? Is this a use to be made of it?" No, it is an abuse, and the apostle startles at the thought of it (Rom 6:2): "God forbid; far be it from us to think such a thought." He entertains the objection as Christ did the devil's blackest temptation (…
But now--as if to get away from such a subject were unspeakable relief.
being made free from Sin, and become servants to God--in the absolute sense intended throughout all this passage.
ye have--not "ought to have," but "do have," in point of fact.
your fruit unto holiness--"sanctification," as in Rom 6:19; meaning that permanently holy state and character which is built up out of the whole "fruits of righteousness," which believers successively bring forth. They "have their fruit" unto this, that is, all going towards this blessed result.
and the end everlasting life--as the final state of the justified believer; the beatific experience not only of complete exemption from the fall w…
But now being made free from sin - As being free from righteousness is the finished character of a sinner, so being made free from sin is the finished character of a genuine Christian.
And become servants to God - They were transferred from the service of one master to that of another: they were freed from the slavery of sin, and engaged in the service of God.
Fruit unto holiness - Holiness of heart was the principle; and righteousness of life the fruit.
John Gill
The Church Fathers
If when we receive the forgiveness of sins we become imitators of good deeds, we shall acquire holiness and we shall obtain eternal life at the end, for we shall pass from death, which Paul said was the end, to life, which is without end.
Throughout this chapter, while withdrawing our members from unrighteousness and sin and applying them to righteousness and holiness, and transferring the same from the wages of death to the gift of eternal life, Paul undoubtedly promises to the flesh the reward of salvation. Now it would not have been consistent for a rule of holiness and righteousness to be especially enjoined for the flesh if the reward of such a discipline were not also within its reach; nor could even baptism be ordered for the flesh if by its regeneration a course were not inaugurated tending to its restitution.
But on us it is incumbent to reach the unaccomplished end, obeying the commands-that is, God-and living according to them, irreproachably and intelligently, through knowledge of the divine will; and assimilation as far as possible in accordance with right reason is the end, and restoration to perfect adoption by the Son, which ever glorifies the Father by the great High Priest who has deigned to call us brethren and fellow-heirs. And the apostle, succinctly describing the end, writes in the Epistle to the Romans: "But now, being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life."
The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).
Dictionary and topics
Eternal life — This expression occurs in the Old Testament only in Dan. 12:2 (R.V., “everlasting life”). It occurs frequently in the New Testament (Matt. 7:14; 18:8, 9; Luke 10:28; comp. 18:18). It comprises the…
Holiness — In the highest sense belongs to God (Isa. 6:3; Rev. 15:4), and to Christians as consecrated to God’s service, and in so far as they are conformed in all things to the will of God (Rom. 6:19, 22; Eph.…
Works, Good — The old objection against the doctrine of salvation by grace, that it does away with the necessity of good works, and lowers the sense of their importance (Rom. 6), although it has been answered a…
Bondage, Spiritual · Saints are delivered from — Saints are delivered from
Doctrines Of The Gospel, The · Lead to holiness — Lead to holiness
Holiness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Immortality · 2:11; — 2:11;
Justification · 23:6; — 23:6;
Redemption · Is from: The power of sin — Is from: The power of sin
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God,.... In what sense regenerate persons are free from sin, and are become the servants of God, has been observed already; the consequence of which is, that such have their
fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life: holiness is a fruit of freedom from the bondage of sin, and of serving God; holiness begun in regeneration, calling, and conversion, is a fruit of the Spirit; a course of living righteously is a fruit of holiness, as a principle implanted; a gradual increase in holiness is carried on by the Spirit of God in a course of righteousness; and a course of righteousness, from a principle of grace, issues in perfect holin…
Romans 6:20-23
20. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
20. Quando enim servi fuistis peccati, liberi fuistis justiti?.
21. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
21. Quem ergo fructum habuistis tunc in iis, de quibus nunc erubescitis? Siquidem finis eorum mors.
22. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
22. Nunc vero manumissi a peccato, Deo autem in servitutem addicti, habetis fructum vestrum in sanctificationem, finem vero vitam ?ternam.
23. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is ete…
eternal doom (literally death): Throughout chs 5–8, Paul uses death to describe the eternal consequences of sin (5:12, 14, 15, 17, 21; 6:16, 23; 7:5, 9-10, 13, 24; 8:2, 6, 13). The language goes back to God’s warning to Adam and Eve (Gen 2:17). This death is not primarily physical death; it denotes separation from the fellowship of God that, if not reversed through faith in Christ, will last forever.
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
