21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!
21 But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
21 But do you call that a free life? What did you get out of it? Nothing you're proud of now. Where did it get you? A dead end.
21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
21 And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Romans 6:21
Commentary on Romans 6:21-23
(Read Romans 6:21-23)
The pleasure and profit of sin do not deserve to be called fruit. Sinners are but ploughing iniquity, sowing vanity, and reaping the same. Shame came into the world with sin, and is still the certain effect of it. The end of sin is death. Though the way may seem pleasant and inviting, yet it will be bitterness in the latter end. From this condemnation the believer is set at liberty, when made free from sin. If the fruit is unto holiness, if there is an active principle of true and growing grace, the end will be everlasting life; a very happy end! Though the way is up-hill, though it is narrow, thorny, and beset, yet everlasting life at the end of it is sure. The gift of God is eternal life. And this gift is through Jesus Christ our Lord. Christ purchased it, prepared it, prepares us for it, preserves us to it; he is the All in all in our salvation.