Romans 8:2

For the law of the spirit of life, which is in Jesus Messiah, hath emancipated thee from the law of sin and death.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 no condemnation, to them who, in Jesus Messiah, walk not after the flesh.

3Inasmuch as the law was impotent, by means of the weakness of the flesh, God sent his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin; that He might, in his flesh, condemn sin;

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Cross References

John 4:10Jesus replied and said to her: If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living waters.

John 6:63It is the Spirit that vivifieth; the body profiteth nothing. The words which I have used with you, they are spirit, and they are life.

John 8:32And ye will know the truth; and the truth will make you free.

Romans 3:27Where then is glorying? It is annihilated. By what law? by that of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

Romans 6:14And sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye 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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