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Romans 8:1

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Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

KJV

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

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This verse in Romans 8

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

The manuscripts

"No condemnation" — with a condition, or without one?

Some manuscripts add "who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit" to the end of Romans 8:1; the earliest do not, and the words are Paul's own, from three verses later. What it changes: No doctrine, the clause is genuine Pauline teaching either way, printed in full in verse 4 where nobody disputes it.

The manuscripts, and the case each way →

on Romans 8:1-2

"There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath freed me from the law of sin and of death." What difference there is among those who, placed as it were in a kind of contest, live with the mind according to the law of God but are driven by the desires of the flesh into the law of sin, he taught in the preceding passages.

This site's exposition

no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus

on Romans 8:1-2

Condemnation here is the sentence a judge hands down, and for everyone in Christ Jesus that sentence is void. Verse 2 names a second law, the law of the Spirit of life, which overrides the law of sin and death that chapter 7 exposed. The freedom is stated as a fact already done.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They may be chastened of the Lord, but not condemned with the world. Now this arises from their being in Christ Jesus; by virtue of their union with him through faith they are thus secured. They are in Christ Jesus, as in their city of refuge, and so are protected from the avenger of blood.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
There is, therefore, now - This is connected with the closing verses of Rom. 7. The apostle had there shown that the Law could not effect deliverance from sin, but that such deliverance was to be traced to the gospel alone; Rom 7:23-25. It is implied here that there was condemnation under the Law, and would be still, but for the intervention of the gospel.
You are well aware, dear Friends, that the division into chapters has only been made for convenience sake and is not a matter of Inspired arrangement. I may add that it has been clumsily made and not with careful thoughtfulness, but as roughly as if a woodman had taken an axe and chopped the book to pieces in a hurry! It was a very unfortunate thing that the axe dropped down just here, so as to divide a passage which ought to have been kept entire.

The words behind it

8 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

John 3:18–19Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.188 works2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!146 worksGalatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”117 worksRomans 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,110 worksIsaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.88 works1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.82 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Titus 2:11–14For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.72 worksJohn 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.72 worksIsaiah 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.72 worksRomans 4:7–8“Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.71 worksRomans 8:34Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.67 worksJohn 15:4Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.58 worksPhilippians 3:9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.56 worksGalatians 5:16So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.50 worksRomans 8:14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.49 works1 Corinthians 15:22For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.47 worksRomans 8:39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.43 worksRomans 8:4so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.42 works

Where this verse connects

1 approved connection.

  • Written to them

    topics/shame

    No condemnation to them in Christ Jesus

    Source: MannaFest topical index

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Corinthians 5:17

    Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 36:26

      I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

    • Ephesians 4:22–24

      to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

    • Isaiah 43:18–19

      “Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.

    • John 3:3

      Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

    • Psalms 51:10

      Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

  • Through

    Galatians 3:13

    Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 2:24

      He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

    • Deuteronomy 21:23

      you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must…

  • Through

    Romans 5:1

    Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 32:17

      The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

Where this verse is studied

About Romans

The Crucifixion — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
The Crucifixion — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
Romans: the study guide →Read Romans 8 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Charles Hodge, Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1917: “In Christ No Condemnation” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

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