What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. |
What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. |
Therefore what benefit (fruit) were you then deriving (having) from (in) the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death. |
What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! |
But then what benefit (return) did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? [None] for the end of those things is death. |
Therefore, what fruit were you having then, upon the basis of which things now you are ashamed? For the consumption of these things is death. |
Yet what sort of a harvest did you reap from those things that today you blush to remember? In the long run those things mean one thing only – death. |
What benefit did you then derive from doing the things of which you are now ashamed? None, for they end in death. |
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