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Romans 8:2
2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death.
Romans 8:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
- New International Version (NIV)because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Context of Romans 8:2
1[There is] then now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death. 3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, having sent his own Son, in likeness of flesh of sin, and for sin, has condemned sin in the flesh, 4in order that the righteous requirement of the law should be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to flesh but according to Spirit.
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ὁ γὰρ νόμος τοῦ πνεύματος τῆς ζωῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἠλευθέρωσέν σε ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου τῆς ἁμαρτίας καὶ τοῦ θανάτου.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Romans 8:2
- Romans 3:27Where then [is] boasting? It has been excluded. By what law? of works? Nay, but by law of faith;
- John 8:36If therefore the Son shall set you free, ye shall be really free.
- Romans 8:10but if Christ be in you, the body is dead on account of sin, but the Spirit life on account of righteousness.
- John 4:10Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that says to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
- John 6:63It is the Spirit which quickens, the flesh profits nothing: the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life.
- John 7:38He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6who has also made us competent, [as] ministers of [the] new covenant; not of letter, but of spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit quickens.
- Revelation 11:11And after the three days and a half [the] spirit of life from God came into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon those beholding them.
- Revelation 22:1And he shewed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, going out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
- Romans 6:18Now, having got your freedom from sin, ye have become bondmen to righteousness.
- Psalms 51:12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and let a willing spirit sustain me.
- John 8:32and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.
- 2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is the Spirit, but where the Spirit of [the] Lord [is, there is] liberty.
- Galatians 2:19For I, through law, have died to law, that I may live to God.
- Galatians 5:1Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.
Commentaries on Romans 8:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2For the law of the Spirit of life - The Gospel of the grace of Christ, which is not only a law or rule of life, but affords that sovereign energy by which guilt is removed from the conscience, the power of sin broken, and its polluting influence removed from the heart. The law was a spirit of death, by which those who were under it were bound down, because of their sin, to condemnation and death. The Gospel proclaims Jesus the Savior; and what the law…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For the law - The word “law” here means that “rule, command, or influence” which “the Spirit of life” produces. That exerts a control which is here called a law, for a law often means anything by which we are ruled or governed; see the notes at Romans 7:21, Romans 7:23. Of the Spirit. I see no reason to doubt here that this refers to the Holy Spirit. Evidently, at the close of Romans 8:1, the word has this reference. The phrase “the Spirit of life” then…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2the law of the Spirit of life: This reference to law might refer to the law of Moses, which the Holy Spirit can use to give life. However, Paul does not describe the law as giving life. So, here, law, as in 7:23, probably means principle or power. The Spirit has power that frees Christians from the power of sin that leads to death.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free--rather, "freed me"--referring to the time of his conversion, when first he believed. from the law of sin and death--It is the Holy Ghost who is here called "the Spirit of life," as opening up in the souls of believers a fountain of spiritual life (see on Joh 7:38, 39); just as He is called "the Spirit of truth," as "guiding them into all truth" (Joh 16:13), and "the Spirit of counsel…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Romans 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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