Romans 6:22 (WEB)
But now, being made free from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification and the result of eternal life.
Catechism · 1
“But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is sanctification and its end, eternal life.” — Catechism footnote: Rom 6:19, 22.
Fathers and councils · 10
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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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Eternal life is our chief good, and the end of the city of God, of which the Apostle speaks, “And the end everlasting life.” [Rom 6:22] But because eternal life might be understood by those who are not well versed in Holy Scripture, to mean also the life of the wicked, because of the…” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“But further, it is by departing from evil works, and henceforth serving God; for Paul says, But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 22.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X I.5Conference I
“…indeed which we have set before us is, as the Apostle says, eternal life, as he declares, “having indeed your fruit unto holiness, and the end eternal life;” but the immediate goal is purity of heart, which he not unfairly terms “sanctification,” without which the afore-mentioned end cannot be gained; as if he had…” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 22.
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Basil the Great
“…the destroying of the body of sin, that it may never bear fruit unto death; on the other hand, our living unto the Spirit, and having our fruit in holiness; the water receiving the body as in a tomb figures death, while the Spirit pours in the quickening power, renewing our souls from the deadness of sin unto their…” — editor's note: cf. Rom. vi. 22.
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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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Augustine of Hippo
“Of this end the apostle says, “But now, being freed from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end life eternal.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 22.
Read the whole comment“But now, being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 20, 22.
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Clement of Alexandria
“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.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 22.
Read the whole comment“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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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Catechism §1995.
Cited together in Catechism §1995.
Cited together in Conferences I–X I.5.
Cited together in Conferences I–X I.5.
Cited together in The City of God XIX.11.
Cited together in The City of God XIX.11.
Cited together in The City of God XIX.11.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 25:46 (2) (Catena Aurea).