Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.’ Verse 18 virtually sums up the positive content of all Paul has said since verse 6, while adding further important ideas. Through the inner work of the Spirit, Christians have the blinding veil removed from their faces. In the context here, this might appear to apply particularly to Hebrew Christians, although the opening verses of the next chapter widen the application of the veil analogy and Paul applies it to the blinding