Romans 6:21 (WEB)
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.
Fathers and councils · 8
Jerome
“Amongst other passages, Paul the Apostle writes to the Romans: “What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 21, 22.
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Augustine of Hippo
““What fruit had I then,” wretched one, in those things which, when I remember them, cause me shame—above all in that theft, which I loved only for the theft’s sake?” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 21.
Read the whole comment“…they sometime gloried in the former darkness of their sins; as the Apostle says, “For what glory had ye sometime in those things of which ye are now ashamed?”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 21.
Read the whole comment“For how is he not confounded, to whom is said, “What fruit had ye in these things wherein ye now blush?”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 21.
Read the whole comment“For let each one turn humbly to God, and now say, What hath my pride profited me? and hear from the Apostle, “For what glory had ye in those things of which ye are now ashamed?”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 21.
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John Chrysostom
“Hear, for instance, how of those passions Paul is ashamed, even after his deliverance from them, saying, “For what fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are now ashamed?”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 21.
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Tertullian
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”” — editor's note: Vers. 19–23.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 20–23.
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