Romans 8:2

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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

1THERE is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.

3For 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;

Read all of Romans 8

Cross References

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 that makes alive, the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life.

John 8:32and ye shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free.

Romans 3:27Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? Nay; but by the law of faith.

Romans 6:14For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Romans 8:2