3:10 Tell the innocent 1 it will go well with them, 2
for they will be rewarded for what they have done. 3
6:21 So what benefit 4 did you then reap 5 from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death. 6:22 But now, freed 6 from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit 7 leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.
1 tn Or “the righteous” (KJV, NASB, NIV, TEV); NLT “those who are godly.”
2 tn Heb “that it is good.”
3 tn Heb “for the fruit of their deeds they will eat.”
4 tn Grk “fruit.”
5 tn Grk “have,” in a tense emphasizing their customary condition in the past.
6 tn The two aorist participles translated “freed” and “enslaved” are causal in force; their full force is something like “But now, since you have become freed from sin and since you have become enslaved to God….”
7 tn Grk “fruit.”