THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION

Passage: Romans 8:1-4

Key verse: 1

NIV

Life Through the Spirit

8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation(A) for those who are in Christ Jesus,(B) 2 because through Christ Jesus(C) the law of the Spirit who gives life(D) has set you[a] free(E) from the law of sin(F) and death. 3 For what the law was powerless(G) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[b](H) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh(I) to be a sin offering.[c](J) And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement(K) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.(L)

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Footnotes
  1. Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
  2. Romans 8:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.
  3. Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin
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ESV

Life in the Spirit

8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.[a] 2 For the law of (A)the Spirit of life (B)has set you[b] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For (C)God has done what the law, (D)weakened by the flesh, (E)could not do. (F)By sending his own Son (G)in the likeness of sinful flesh and (H)for sin,[c] he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that (I)the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, (J)who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

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Footnotes
  1. Romans 8:1 Some manuscripts add who walk not according to the flesh (but according to the Spirit)
  2. Romans 8:2 Some manuscripts me
  3. Romans 8:3 Or and as a sin offering
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1. Therefore... (1)

There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. What good news! If we have come to Jesus with humble and repentant hearts, trusting in his grace alone, we are forgiven, and we are in Christ Jesus. By faith, we have been united with him in his death and united with him in his resurrection. When we are in Christ, we may be sure that God will not condemn us. So we should not condemn ourselves, nor allow others' condemnation to bother us.

2. What the law could not do, God did (2-4)

The law is powerless to set us free from sin; it only binds us more tightly, because our sinful human nature has no strength to obey the law. But Jesus came in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. He satisfied God's righteous requirements by dying on the cross for the sins of the world. He fulfilled the law by his obedient life and by his obedient death. He sets us free from sin so that we might live according to the Spirit.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for taking away the guilt and condemnation of sin and setting me free to live according to your Spirit.

One Word: No condemnation in Christ