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1 | Life through His Spirit who dwells in us | Rom 8:2 | Ray | 19432 | ||
Romans 7:14 says, "For I know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin." Romans 7:22 says, "For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man." Romans 8:2 says, "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death." My question involves capitalization of Spirit for Romans 8:2. Does the law of the *Spirit set us free from the law of sin and of death? Or, (my personal choice) does, the *spirit of life in Christ Jesus set us free from the law of sin and of death? What is your personal choice and why? |
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2 | Life through His Spirit who dwells in us | Rom 8:2 | heartfire | 19434 | ||
Um... I think it was referring "life in Christ Jesus" and "sin and death" as two systems of judging/law. Hence, Jesus' law (which is that if you confess the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, and other related promises about Jesus' death and ressurection) sets us free from the law of sin and death. I guess the "Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus" refers to the new covenant and the promises we have in Christ Jesus. I'm not too clear on your question, so sorry if I'm totally off tangent. |
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3 | Life through His Spirit who dwells in us | Rom 8:2 | Ray | 19482 | ||
Hi heartfire, I am known as a "capitalizer" or a "capitalist":)) My question was simply one of capitalization. Your thoughts are good but not what I was looking for. "Life in Christ Jesus" is the stress or the accent that I feel in the reading of the text. Do you read your bible out loud? I encourage it. "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus"....seems to me a cumbersome reading. For instance, I would read it thus: "For the law of the Spirit--of life in Christ Jesus--has set you free..." Or, with a lower case "spirit" and no stress or accent until the word "Jesus" it would say the same thing. "For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free..." But as a matter of fact there are two "Spirits" in question here, for the versions differ in the reading of verse one. Some versions have verse 4b added to verse one also. NKJ, Romans 8:1, "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, *who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit*." To me its like someone wanted to make sure that the Spirit was capitalized for verse 2 by making this insertion. And I would disagree with that "assertion" if that indeed were the case. As Romans 7:14 says, the Law is spiritual. The law of the spirit of life in Christ (Jesus) has set us free, I believe. I believe that that is the law of (God) in the inner man that Romans 7:22 speaks of. It is getting late, but I hope that this was of interest to someone. Later, Ray |
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4 | Life through His Spirit who dwells in us | Rom 8:2 | Ray | 91502 | ||
To anyone who is interested in this: The comparison of Romans 7:22 for the study of 07/31/03 that I just completed is as follows. Romans 7:22, "For I joyfully concur with the law of (God) in the inner man." Romans 8:2, "For the law of the (Spirit)--of life in Christ Jesus-- has set you free from the law of sin and death." From the heart, Ray |
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