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The Spirit Gives Life

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in union with the Messiah[a] Jesus.[b] For the Spirit’s law of life in the Messiah[c] Jesus has set me[d] free from the Law of sin and death. For what the Law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did. By sending his own Son in the form of humanity,[e] he condemned sin by being incarnate,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:1 Or Christ
  2. Romans 8:1 Other mss. read Jesus, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit
  3. Romans 8:2 Or Christ
  4. Romans 8:2 Other mss. read you
  5. Romans 8:3 Lit. of the flesh

Life Through the Spirit

Therefore, there is now no condemnation(A) for those who are in Christ Jesus,(B) because through Christ Jesus(C) the law of the Spirit who gives life(D) has set you[a] free(E) from the law of sin(F) and death. For what the law was powerless(G) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[b](H) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh(I) to be a sin offering.[c](J) And so he condemned sin in the flesh,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
  2. Romans 8:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.
  3. Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin