Romans 8:2

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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.

Context of Romans 8:2

1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. 3For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Romans 8:2 word by word

ὁ γὰρ νόμος τοῦ πνεύματος τῆς ζωῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἠλευθέρωσέν σε ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου τῆς ἁμαρτίας καὶ τοῦ θανάτου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• the lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• of the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• of lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• hath madeἐλευθερόωeleutheroō · to set freeG1659
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• of sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288

Cross-references for Romans 8:2

• Romans 3:27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith.
• John 8:36So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
• Romans 8:10But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.
• John 4:10Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
• John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.
• John 7:38Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
• 1 Corinthians 15:45So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
• 2 Corinthians 3:6He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
• Revelation 11:11But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them.
• Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
• Romans 6:18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
• Psalms 51:12Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
• John 8:32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
• 2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
• Galatians 2:19“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.
• Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

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

Topics related to Romans 8:2

• Holy Spirit
• Jesus Continued
• Regeneration
• Religion
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Jesus
• Christ, Messiah
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Christ, Jesus
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• Bondage
• Carnal
• Enmity
• Fear

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