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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.
¹⁸Now, having got your freedom from sin, ye have become bondmen to righteousness. (Rom. 6:14,18)

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

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John 8:32• ³²and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set 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 to liberty, brethren; only do not turn liberty into 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 serve 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 to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? (Job 1:8)

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Psa. 86:2• ²Keep my soul, for I am godly; O thou my God, save thy servant who confideth in thee. (Psa. 86:2)

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Psa. 143:12• ¹²And in thy loving-kindness cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that oppress my soul: 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 inheritance 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 do I now seek to satisfy men or God? or do I seek to please men? If I were yet pleasing men, I were not Christ's bondman. (Gal. 1:10)

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Col. 4:12• ¹²Epaphras, who is one of you, the bondman of Christ Jesus, salutes you, always combating earnestly for you in prayers, to the end 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 the faith of God's elect, and knowledge of the truth which 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 which are in the dispersion, greeting. (James 1:1)

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1 Peter 2:16• ¹⁶as free, and not as 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 who are clothed with white robes, who are they, and whence came they? (Rev. 7:13)

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Psa. 92:14• ¹⁴They are still vigorous in old age, they are full of sap and green; (Psa. 92:14)

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John 15:2,16• ²As to every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and as to every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.
¹⁶Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and that ye should bear fruit, and that your fruit should 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, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, (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 complete as regards the fruit of righteousness, which is by Jesus Christ, to God's glory and praise. (Phil. 1:11)

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Phil. 4:17• ¹⁷Not that I seek gift, but I seek fruit abounding to your account. (Phil. 4:17)

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰so as to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God; (Col. 1:10)

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Rom. 6:21• ²¹What fruit therefore had ye *then* in the things of which ye are *now* ashamed? for the end of *them* is death. (Rom. 6:21)

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

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Psa. 37:37‑38• ³⁷Mark the perfect, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace;
³⁸but the transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be 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 every one 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 eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal. (Matt. 25:46)

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John 4:36• ³⁶He that reaps receives wages and gathers fruit unto life eternal, that both he that sows and he that reaps 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.