Romans 8:2

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed me from the law of sin and death.

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In The King James Version

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

In Context

1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh.

3For though this was impossible under the law, because it was weakened by the flesh, God sent his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and because of sin, in order to condemn sin in the flesh,

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Cross References

John 4:10Jesus responded and said to her: “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give me to drink,’ perhaps you would have made a request of him, and he would have given you living water.”

John 6:63Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he was before?

John 8:32And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”

Romans 3:27So then, where is your self-exaltation? It is excluded. Through what law? That of works? No, but rather through the law of faith.

Romans 6:14For sin should not have dominion over you. For you are not under the law, but under grace.

Matthew Henry on Romans 8:2-10

The Believer's Privileges. ( a. d. 58.) 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after… Read the whole commentary →

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