Romans 8:1–2
There is now no condemnation for those in the Messiah Jesus
Study it word by word1So there is now no condemnation for those who are in the Messiah Jesus.
2For the law of the Spirit of life in the Messiah Jesus set you free from the law of sin and of death.
In its context
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3For what was impossible for the law, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did: sending his own Son in the likeness of flesh of sin and on account of sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
4so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Its words in the original
- ἄραara· then, so
So then, therefore.
- κατάκριμαkatakrima· condemnation
Condemnation: a sentence of punishment.
- ΧριστῷChristōi· Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
- ἸησοῦIēsou· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- νόμοςnomos· law
Law. In the Gospels, above all the law of Moses, the Torah.
- πνεύματοςpneumatos· spirit, Spirit
Spirit; also wind and breath. With "holy", the Holy Spirit of God.
- ζωῆςzōēs· life
Life; the true life that God gives.
- ἠλευθέρωσένēleutherōsen· set free
Set free, free; bring out of slavery.
- ἁμαρτίαςhamartias· sin
Sin: missing the mark, failing God and what he commands.
- θανάτουthanatou· death
Death.