Romans 6:22 (GNV)

Passage

But now being freed from sinne, and made seruants vnto God, ye haue your fruit in holines, and the end, euerlasting life.

Nearby Context

Romans 6:20 For when ye were the seruants of sinne, ye were freed from righteousnesse.

Romans 6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those things is death.

Romans 6:22 But now being freed from sinne, and made seruants vnto God, ye haue your fruit in holines, and the end, euerlasting life.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sinne is death: but the gift of God is eternall life, through Iesus Christ our Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "freed", "sinne", "seruants", "vnto", "haue", "fruit", "holines", and "euerlasting". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "freed" and "sinne", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "What fruit had ye then in those..." into verse 23's "For the wages of sinne is death...", so "freed" and "sinne" belong inside that flow. In Romans context, the local focus is righteousness by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and God's covenant faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "freed" and "sinne" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.