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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God,.... In what sense regenerate persons are free from sin, and are become the servants of God, has been observed already; the consequence of which is, that such have their fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life: holiness is a fruit of freedom from the bondage of sin, and of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. Oh, what wondrous changes the grace of God works! “But now.” Paul must have rejoiced to write those two words. He had dwelt upon what men were before the Lord began to deal with them in mercy, “but now” he could say, “being...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the wages of sin is death,.... By sin, is meant every sin, original sin, actual sin, every kind of sin, lesser and greater: the "death" which sin deserves, is a corporeal death; which is not owing to the original nature and constitution of men; nor merely to the divine appointment; but to sin, and the decree of God, on account of it; which is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.