Bible Strands
Romans 8:2
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul to the church in Rome, pivoting from the declaration of no condemnation (8:1) to its mechanism, before explaining what the law could not do (8:3).
The words — νὸμος (nomos, "law") is used for both the Spirit's principle and sin's principle, so the contrast is not between law and grace but between two competing governing systems.
The thread — Romans 6:14 states the same shift in different terms: not under law but under grace; 2 Corinthians 3:17 identifies the Spirit directly as the source of freedom.
Why it lands — The verse is a completed fact, not a command to achieve freedom; it asks the reader to stop operating under the old governing principle and recognize that the Spirit's law is already the operative reality in Christ.
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The Greek words
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.
Cross-references
- Romans 6:14 For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
- 2 Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
- Romans 6:18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6 And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- Romans 8:10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
- John 8:36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
- John 8:32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
- Romans 6:22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
- Romans 7:4 Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.