Romans 8:2 NKJV
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from
the law of sin and death.
The
spiritual character of that Life which is found in receiving Jesus as lord and
savior has freed me from the bondage of sin which leads inevitably to death.
Each
phrase of the above interpretation of the subject verse is illustrated from
scripture below.
The
spiritual character
The
Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, (Rom
8:16 NKJ)
But
the fruit of the [spiritual walk] is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control. Against such there is no law. (Gal 5:22-23 NKJ)
Of
that Life
In
Him was life, and the life was the light of men. (John 1:4 NKJ)
The
life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you
that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us- (1Jo 1:2
NKJ)
Which
is found in receiving Jesus as lord and savior
Jesus
said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through Me. (John 14:6 NKJ)
Most
assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me
has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from
death into life. (John 5:24 NKJ)
And
this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in
His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does
not have life. (1Jo 5:11-12 NKJ)
Has
freed me from the bondage of sin
But
God be thanked that though you were [bond servants] of sin, yet you obeyed from
the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been
set free from sin, you became [bonded to] righteousness. (Rom 6:17-18 NKJ)
But
now having been set free from sin, and having become [bonded to] of God, you
have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. (Rom 6:22 NKJ)
Which
leads inevitably to death.
For
when you were [bond servants] of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For
the end of those things is death. (Rom 6:20-21 NKJ)
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of
God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom 6:23 NKJ)
N.B. The bracketed changes to the quoted NKJV
text seem justified, mostly by context.
N.B. It is a major error in translation to
capitalize "spirit" and insert the definite article without
justification. In the majority of cases in our traditional translations
"Spirit" does not refer to the Holy Spirit as the Third Person. When
the definite article appears before both "holy" and
"spirit" in the Greek this seems to invariably indicate that the
Spirit is in view as a Person. (This seems to hold also for the Septuagint.)
Otherwise, examination of context should precede capitalization, etc.
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