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Rom. 6:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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But now.

Rom. 6:14,18• ¹⁴For sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are not under law but under grace.
¹⁸and having been freed from sin ye became bondservants to righteousness. (Rom. 6:14,18)

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Rom. 8:2• ²For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath freed me from the law of sin and death. (Rom. 8:2)

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John 8:32• ³²and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:32)

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2 Cor. 3:17• ¹⁷Now the Lord is the spirit, but where the Spirit of the Lord [is, there is] liberty; (2 Cor. 3:17)

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Gal. 5:13• ¹³For ye have been called for freedom, brethren: only [use] not your freedom for an opportunity to the flesh; but by love serve one another. (Gal. 5:13)

become.

Rom. 7:25• ²⁵I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I myself with the mind am serving God's law, but with the flesh sin's law. (Rom. 7:25)

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Gen. 50:17• ¹⁷Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. (Gen. 50:17)

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Job 1:8• ⁸And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, and fearing God, and eschewing evil? (Job 1:8)

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Psa. 86:2• ²Keep my soul, for I [am] godly (holy).{HR}O thou my God, save thy servant that confideth in thee. (Psa. 86:2)

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Psa. 143:12• ¹²And in thy mercy cut off mine enemies,{HR}And destroy all oppressors of my soul;{HR}For I [am] thy servant. (Psa. 143:12)

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Isa. 54:17• ¹⁷No weapon that is prepared against thee shall prosper; and every tongue [that] riseth against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith Jehovah. (Isa. 54:17)

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Dan. 3:26• ²⁶Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the opening of the burning fiery furnace; he spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come hither . Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came forth from the midst of the fire. (Dan. 3:26)

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Dan. 6:20• ²⁰And when he came near unto the den, he cried with a mournful voice unto Daniel: the king spoke and said unto Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, hath thy God whom thou servest continually been able to save thee from the lions? (Dan. 6:20)

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Gal. 1:10• ¹⁰For am I now conciliating men or God? or do I seek to please men? [For] if any longer I were pleasing men, Christ's bondservant I should not be. (Gal. 1:10)

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Col. 4:12• ¹²There saluteth you Epaphras, who [is] of you, a bondman of Jesus Christ, always striving for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all [the] will of God. (Col. 4:12)

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Titus 1:1• ¹Paul, bondman of God and apostle of Jesus Christ according to faith of God's elect, and full knowledge of truth that is according to piety; (Titus 1:1)

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James 1:1• ¹James, bondman of God and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes that [are] in the dispersion, greeting. (James 1:1)

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1 Peter 2:16• ¹⁶as free, and not having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen. (1 Peter 2:16)

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Rev. 7:13• ¹³And one of the elders answered, saying to me, These that are clothed with white robes, who are they, and whence came they? (Rev. 7:13)

ye have.

Psa. 92:14• ¹⁴Still shall they bear fruit in old age;{HR}Fat and green shall they be; (Psa. 92:14)

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John 15:2,16• ²Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he taketh it away; and every one that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
¹⁶Not ye chose me, but I chose you and appointed you that ye should go and bear fruit, and your fruit abide; that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you. (John 15:2,16)

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Gal. 5:22• ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control: (Gal. 5:22)

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Eph. 5:9• ⁹(for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth), (Eph. 5:9)

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Phil. 1:11• ¹¹being filled with the fruit of righteousness that [is] by Jesus Christ unto God's praise and glory. (Phil. 1:11)

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Phil. 4:17• ¹⁷Not that I am seeking the gift, but I am seeking the fruit that aboundeth unto your account. (Phil. 4:17)

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the full knowledge of God, (Col. 1:10)

and the end.

Rom. 6:21• ²¹What fruit then had you at that time? [Things] of which ye are now ashamed, for the end of those things [is] death. (Rom. 6:21)

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Num. 23:10• ¹⁰Who can count the dust of Jacob,{HR}And the number of the fourth part of Israel?{HR}Let me die the death of the righteous,{HR}And let my last end be like his! (Num. 23:10)

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Psa. 37:37‑38• ³⁷Mark the perfect [man]{HR}And behold the upright [man],{HR}For the end to [that] man [is] peace.
³⁸But those who transgress are destroyed together;{HR}The end of the wicked hath been cut off. (Psa. 37:37‑38)

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Matt. 13:40,43• ⁴⁰As then the darnel is gathered and is burned in the fire, thus it shall be in the completion of the age.
⁴³Then the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear. (Matt. 13:40,43)

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Matt. 19:29• ²⁹And everyone who has left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit life eternal. (Matt. 19:29)

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Matt. 25:46• ⁴⁶And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life everlasting. (Matt. 25:46)

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John 4:36• ³⁶He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal, that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. (John 4:36)

• Become servants to God—the true righteousness of obedience, like that of Christ Himself—they had their fruit already in holiness, and the end should be eternal life. (“Romans 6” by J.N. Darby)

• As in chapter 5:21, Paul views "eternal life" here as being something we reach at the end of the path of faith, when we get to heaven in a glorified state. Of course, we have it now as well, which the Apostle John calls, "life eternal"—John 3:16, 36, etc. (“The Believer's Identification With the Death of Christ: Romans 6-7:1-6” by B. Anstey)

• Verse 22 is sort of a summary of the truth presented in chapter 6. It says: —We are made "free from sin." —We have become "servants to God." —We have our "fruit unto holiness." —The "end is eternal life." (“The Believer's Identification With the Death of Christ: Romans 6-7:1-6” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But *now*, having got your freedom from sin, and having become bondmen to God, ye have your fruit unto holinessc, and the end eternal life.

JND Translation Notes

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Hagiasmos. See Note i at ch. 1.4.

W. Kelly Translation

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But now freed from sin, and made bondservants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end life eternal.