Romans 8:2

For the lawe of the spirite of lyfe, through Iesus Christe, hath made me free from the lawe of sinne 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

1There is then no dampnation to them which are in Christe Iesu, which walke not after the fleshe, but after the spirite.

3For what the lawe coulde not do, in as much as it was weake through the fleshe, God sendyng his owne sonne, in the similitude of sinfull fleshe, euen by sinne, condempned sinne in the fleshe:

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Cross References

Romans 3:27Where is then thy boastyng? It is excluded. By what lawe? Of workes? Nay, but by the lawe of fayth.

Romans 6:14For sinne shall not haue power ouer you, because ye are not vnder ye lawe, but vnder 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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