Romans 8:2

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

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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 walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

3For what the law was powerless to do, since it was weak through the flesh, God has done. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

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Cross References

John 4:10Jesus answered her, “If yoʋ knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to yoʋ, ‘Give me some water to drink,’ yoʋ would have asked him, and he would have given yoʋ living water.”

John 6:63It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is of no benefit. The words I speak to you are spirit and life.

John 8:32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Romans 3:27Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

Romans 6:14For sin will have no dominion over you, for you 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 →

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