The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:2
For a new law—the law of the Spirit of life—is introduced into their being, by virtue of which they are freed from their old state of bondage to the law of sin and death. read more
Romans 8:2 Niv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:2
"The Spirit of life." What interest we always feel in life! Among things earthly, the main distinction, to our minds, is that between the living and the lifeless. Among the snows of Alpine heights, the blue gentian flower is welcome to the eye of the mountaineer. Amid the hot wastes of the sandy deserts, sweet is the oasis of green shrubs and shady palm trees which spring up around the solitary fountain. The child loves to watch the butterfly fluttering from bush to bush, the lizard... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 8:2
For the law - The word “law” here means that “rule, command, or influence” which “the Spirit of life” produces. That exerts a control which is here called a law, for a law often means anything by which we are ruled or governed; see the notes at Romans 7:21, Romans 7:23. Of the Spirit. I see no reason to doubt here that this refers to the Holy Spirit. Evidently, at the close of Romans 8:1, the word has this reference. The phrase “the Spirit of life” then means the Holy Spirit producing or giving... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 8:2
Romans 8:2. For the law of the Spirit of life That is, the doctrine of divine grace in the gospel, accompanied with the quickening, commanding influence of the Holy Spirit, hath made me free from the law of sin and death That is, not only from the Mosaic dispensation, which, if relied on for justification, left men under the guilt and power of sin, and condemned them to the second death; but also and especially from the law, or constraining power of sin itself, which is attended with... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 8:1-17
Victory through the Spirit (8:1-17)The reason believers can have victory through Christ is that the power of the indwelling Spirit of Christ is greater than the power of the old sinful nature. The downward pull of the sinful nature may be likened to the downward pull of the earth’s gravity. A stone thrown into the air will fall to the ground, because it has no life or power to overcome the force of gravity. A bird thrown into the air will fly away, because it has a living power that enables it... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 8:2
the . . . life = the spiritual law of life. Figure of speech Antimereia. App-6 . Spirit . App-101 . life . App-170 . hath made me free = freed me. Greek. eleutheroo. See Romans 6:18 . from . App-104 . sin . App-128 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and death.The law ... as used here, has troubled the commentators, especially those who were concerned with removing the concept of law from Christianity and making it a system of "faith alone." Nevertheless, Paul here used exactly the same word that previously was applied to the Mosaic institution; and this affords dogmatic proof that there are indeed rules, regulations, commandments, and ordinances connected... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 8:2
Romans 8:2. For the law of the Spirit of life— That it is the Spirit of life and grace,—the Spirit of Christ,—who delivers from the law in the members, that law of death, is evident from chap. Romans 7:23-25. Why it is called a law, may be found in the antithesis to the law of sin and death; grace being as certain a law to give life to Christians, who live not after the flesh, as the influence of sinful appetites is to bring death on those who are not under grace. The reason why it is called... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 8:2
2. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free—rather, "freed me"—referring to the time of his conversion, when first he believed. from the law of sin and death—It is the Holy Ghost who is here called "the Spirit of life," as opening up in the souls of believers a fountain of spiritual life (see on :-); just as He is called "the Spirit of truth," as "guiding them into all truth" ( :-), and "the Spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free (not hath made me; the aorist refers to the time when the Christian became possessed of the Spirit of life in Christ) from the law of sin and death. Here is a distinct contrast to the state described in Romans 8:14 , Romans 8:23 of Romans 7:1-25 ., and a realization of what was yearned for in Romans 7:24 , "the law of sin and of death" being evidently "the law of sin in the members" previously spoken of. The ἐγὼ ,... read more