Freed from the law

When we were in the flesh, the sinful passions operated through the law in every part of us and bore fruit for death. 1 We were in slavery under the elemental forces of the world. 2

But now we have been released from the law. 3

The law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 4 God sent His Son to redeem those under the law. 5

He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it out of the way by nailing it to the cross. 6 Therefore, no condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus. 7

We may serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old letter of the law. 8 The Spirit’s law of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 9 For the letter kills, but the Spirit produces life. 10 

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 11 In the past, when you didn’t know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods. But now, since you know God, or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and bankrupt elemental forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again? 12 

Christ has liberated us to be free. Stand firm then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery. 13

 

1 Rom 7.5 2 Gal 4.3 3 Rom 7.6 4 Jn 1.17 5 Gal 4.4-5 6 Col 2.14 7 Rom 8.1 8 Rom 7.6 9 Rom 8.2 10 2Cor 3.6 11 2Cor 3.17 12 Gal 4.8-9 13 Gal 5.1