11 translations · Greek
Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
Romans 8:2 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
- KJV 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus set me free from the law of sin and of death;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;
- DBY Darby Translation
- For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For the law of the Spirit of life, in Christ Jesus, hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For the law of the spirit of life, in Christ Jesus, hath delivered me from the law of sin and of death.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| γὰρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| νόμος | nomos | law | G3551 νόμος law |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Πνεύματος | Pneumatos | Spirit | G4151 πνεῦμα spirit/breath: spirit |
| τῆς | tēs | of | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ζωῆς | zōēs | life | G2222 ζωή life |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| Χριστῷ | Christō | Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
| Ἰησοῦ | Iēsou | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
| ἠλευθέρωσέν | ēleutherōsen | free | G1659 ἐλευθερόω to set free |
| σε | se | {set} you | G4771 σύ you |
| ἀπὸ | apo | from | G575 ἀπό away from |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| νόμου | nomou | law | G3551 νόμος law |
| τῆς | tēs | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἁμαρτίας | hamartias | of sin | G266 ἁμαρτία sin |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| θανάτου | thanatou | death | G2288 θάνατος death |
Related verses
- Romans 6:14
For sin will not have dominion over you. For 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 liberty.
- Romans 6:18
Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6
who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- Romans 8:10–11
If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45
So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
- John 8:36
If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
- John 8:32
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
- Romans 6:22
But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.
- Romans 7:4
Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God.
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In context
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
3 For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;
4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Read all of Romans 8 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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