Romans Chapter 8 Vs. 2

 

Life in the Spirit

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Rom 8:2

law of the... Eight Laws in Romans:

1. Law of Moses (Rom. 2:12; 3:19; 7:12)

2. Law of nature (Rom. 2:14-15)

3. Law of faith (Rom. 3:27; 4:3-5, 4:11-24)

4. Law of the mind (Rom. 7:16, 7:21, 7:23)

5. Law of sin (Rom. 8:23, 8:25; 8:2)

6. Law of righteousness (Rom. 9:31)

7. Law of God (Rom. 7:22, 7:25)

8.Law of the Spirit of life, that is, the Holy Spirit that works through the redemption of Christ to make free from, and to cancel the law of sin and death in all who are in Christ (Rom. 8:2)

The word “For” introduces the reason there is no condemnation for the believer; the Spirit has replaced the law (meaning the Old Testament law). Although it is good, holy and righteous, because of the weakness of the flesh, no one could possibly keep it.

The old law which was God’s commandments, showed men how they should live, but that law because of the weakness of the flesh could only produce sin and death as it could not save.

This is shown with (Rom. 3:23), which tells us all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. And again in (Rom. 6:23), which clearly states that the wages of sin is death.

The new, simple law of grace produces life; the law of faith or the message of the gospel.

The word because (gar, “for”), connects through (lit., “in”) Christ Jesus in this verse with the identical phrase “in Christ Jesus” in Rom. 8:1. (In the Gr. word order of the sentence in Rom. 8:2, “in Christ Jesus” follows the law of the Spirit of life.) If Rom. 7:7-25 is Paul’s testimony of his struggle as a believer with indwelling sin, then “the Spirit of life” is the Holy Spirit of God, not the spirit of the new nature each believer receives. The Holy Spirit is the Member of the Godhead who regenerates every believing individual (Tit. 3:5) and bestows new life (John 3:5-8), the resurrection life of Christ (Rom. 6:4, 6:8, 6:11). Rom. 8:2 has the second mention of the Holy Spirit since Rom. 5:5, but He is mentioned 18 more times through Rom. 8:27. This law (“principle”; cf. Rom. 7:23) set me free (the Gr. aorist tense suggests a once-for-all act of freedom at salvation) from the law of sin and death. That principle is called the principle “of sin and death” because sin, as Paul said repeatedly, produces death (Rom. 5:15, 5:17, 5:21; 6:16, 6:21, 6:23; 7:10-11, 7:13; 8:6, 8:10, 8:13). As the principle of sin it contrasts with the Spirit; as the principle that brings death it also contrasts with the Spirit who gives life. For the pronoun translated me some Greek manuscripts read “us” and others “you” (sing.). The difference is incidental; the truth stated applies to every believer.