No Condemnation in Christ
Romans 8:1-4
The privilege of being in Christ! No condemnation, and a walk in the Spirit!
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Published December 23rd, 2016; Updated December 23rd, 2016
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Main point summary
No condemnation for those who are in Christ. Christ made me free from the law of sin and death. God condemned sin so that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us.
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Romans 8:1-4
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There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
There is therefore now no condemnation to those
who are in Christ Jesus,
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* who do not walk according to the flesh,
but according to the Spirit.
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For the law of h the Spirit of life i has set you 1 free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
For * the law of * the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from * the law of sin and death.
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For j God has done what the law, k weakened by the flesh, l could not do. m By sending his own Son n in the likeness of sinful flesh and o for sin, 1 he condemned sin in the flesh,
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
For * what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh,
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by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh,
on account of sin:
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He condemned sin in the flesh,
in order that p the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, q who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us
who * do not walk according to the flesh
but according to the Spirit.
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Truth about God: God send His own son not to condemn people but to bring life to them. The son of God condemned sin in his body to fulfill the demanded righteousness of the law in the believer. Truth about man: Without Christ, man is under the condemnation through the law of sin and death. Man cannot fulfill the demands of the law because of the weakness of the body. In Christ there is no condemnation, because another law, the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made the believer free. What to confess: I carry condemnation with me which comes from false standards of this world. I appreciate the truth of being free in Christ too little. Help Lord, to actively remember Your great liberating work today. Vers 1 The condition for "no condemnation" is to be "in Christ". Out of being "in Christ" comes the walk after the Spirit. To see a walk after the Spirit as condition for "no condemnation" is wrong. "No condemnation" is for those who are "in Christ" and this is by faith alone (Rm 3:24). However, to be "in Christ" and to walk after the Spirit cannot be separated. The one who is "in Christ" walks after the Spirit.
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