Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
KJV
ὁ γὰρ νόμος τοῦ πνεύματος τῆς ζωῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἠλευθέρωσέν σε ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου τῆς ἁμαρτίας καὶ τοῦ θανάτου.
Greek NT
Lex enim spiritus vitæ in Christo Jesu liberavit me a lege peccati et mortis.
Vulgate
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
ASV
For the law of the spirit of life, in Christ Jesus, hath delivered me from the law of sin and of death.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
ζωή
zoe
noun · 135×
θάνατος
thanatos
noun · 120×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
ἐλευθερόω
eleutheroo
verb · 7×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: σε | WH/NA: σε | Treg/NIV/RP: με
- σε — SBLGNT
- σε — Westcott-Hort, Nestle-Aland 27
- με — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
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Themes
Historic Christian voices
12 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§782The People of God is marked by characteristics that clearly distinguish it from all other religious, ethnic, political, or cultural groups found in history: - It is the People of God: God is not the property of any one people. But he acquired a people for himself from those who previously were not a people: "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation."202 - One becomes a …
1. I said the other day, that John, to resolve the doubts of those who should question with themselves how the Lord, though He came after to the preaching, became before and more glorious than he, added, for He was before me. And this is indeed one reason. But not content with this, he adds again a second, which now he declares. What is it? And of his fullness, says he, have al…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210213.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
§25Jesus' conversation with the rich young man continues, in a sense, in every period of history, including our own. The question: "Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life?" arises in the heart of every individual, and it is Christ alone who is capable of giving the full and definitive answer. The Teacher who expounds God's commandments, who invites others to follow him …
What kind of law is it? i.e. is it a written law or is it instilled in the heart? Its efficacy, i.e. does it justify? Its beginning: should it have been given at the beginning of the world? Its end: i.e. will it last until the end, or will another law take its place? Article 1. Whether the New Law is a written law? Objection 1. It would seem that the New Law is a written law. F…
Q. What do you believe concerning the forgiveness of sins? A. I believe that God, because of Christ's atonement, will never hold against me any of my sins nor my sinful nature which I need to struggle against all my life. Rather, in his grace God grants me the righteousness of Christ to free me forever from judgment.
Basil argues that the Spirit gives life to all — a divine prerogative. It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. The law of the Spirit of life has set believers free. A creature cannot give what belongs only to the Creator; therefore the Spirit is uncreated God.
Paul declares that "the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." Ambrose argues that this identification of the Spirit with the Lord proves His full divinity. The freedom the Spirit gives is not political but spiritual — freedom from sin, from the law of death, and from slavery to the passions. This is the freedom for which Christ set us free,…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:45 — And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
- 1Cor 15:45 — And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
- 1Pet 4:6 — For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
- 2Cor 3:6 — Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
- 2Cor 3:6 — Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
- 2Cor 3:17 — Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
- 2Cor 3:17 — Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
- 2Cor 5:15 — And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
- Col 3:3 — For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
- Deut 33:27 — The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
- Eph 2:1 — And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
- Eph 2:5 — Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
- Ezek 1:21 — When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in
- Ezek 10:17 — When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
- Ezek 37:5 — Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
- Ezek 37:14 — And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
- Ezek 47:9 — And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall co
- Gal 2:19 — For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
- Gal 2:19 — For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
- Gal 2:20 — I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself fo
- Gal 5:1 — Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
- Gal 5:1 — Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
- Gal 5:25 — If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
- Gal 6:2 — Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
- Gen 2:17 — But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
- Jer 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God
- Job 33:4 — The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
- John 3:5 — Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
- John 3:34 — For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
- John 4:10 — Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest 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 water.
- John 4:14 — But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
- John 6:63 — It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
- John 6:63 — It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
- John 7:38 — He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
- John 8:32 — And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- John 8:32 — And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- John 8:36 — If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
- John 8:36 — If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
- John 11:25 — Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
- Luke 15:24 — For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.