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Romans 8:2

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8:2For the law of the life-giving Spirit2 in Christ Jesus has set you3 free from the law of sin and death.

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Romans 8:2: For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Grk “for the law of the Spirit of life.”
  2. 3 Most read the first person singular pronoun με (me) here (A D 1739c 1881 𝔐 lat sa). The second person singular pronoun σε (se) is superior because of external support (א B {F which reads σαι} G 1506* 1739*) and internal support (it is the harder reading since ch. 7 was narrated in the first person). At the same time, it could have arisen via dittography from the final syllable of the verb preceding it (ἠλευθέρωσεν, ēleutherōsen; “has set free”). But for this to happen in such early and diverse witnesses is unlikely, especially as it depends on various scribes repeatedly overlooking either the nu or the nu-bar at the end of the verb.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.

NLTNew Living Translation

And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.

KJV 1900King James Version

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