Romans 8:2
for the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death.
Montgomery New Testament
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
1Thus there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus;
Cross References
John 4:10"If you had known the free gift of God," Jesus answered, "and who it is that says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water."
John 6:63"The spirit is what gives life; the flesh is of no avail. The words which I have been speaking to you, are spirit and are life.
John 8:32"and you shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
Romans 3:27Then what becomes of boasting? It is shut out. What sort of law forbids it? A law of works? No, but a law of faith.
Romans 6:14For sin shall not lord it over you; for you are not under the rule of law, but under the rule of 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 →