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Romans 8 · WEB

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

What does “no condemnation” actually mean here?

Henry calls this “the unspeakable comfort” of being in Christ1 — the law’s sentence no longer stands against the believer.2 The Greek behind “condemnation,” katakrima, means the damnatory sentence itself — a verdict, not a feeling.3

Sources

  1. Matthew Henry, Commentary on Romans 8 (1706)
  2. Barnes’ Notes on Romans 8 (1834)
  3. Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, κατάκριμα (1889)

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Matthew Henry 1706

“It is the unspeakable comfort of all that are in Christ Jesus that there is no condemnation to them.”

Albert Barnes 1834

“Not that sin in believers is not to be blamed, but that they are freed from the condemning sentence of the law.”

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown 1871

“The sentence has been executed on the Surety; for the believer none remains.”

Psalm 23 · WEB · also in KJV

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

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Theme · no condemnation

John 5:24 — “doesn’t come into judgment” Romans 5:1 — “peace with God” Romans 8:33–34 — “who could condemn?”

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Romans 8:1–11

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There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus…

κατάκριμα katakrima

noun, neuter · Romans 8:1

“damnatory sentence, condemnation”1

1. Thayer’s Greek Lexicon (1889) · see also Vincent’s Word Studies (1887)

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Matthew Henry’s Commentary

Commentary on the Whole Bible · 1706

Barnes’ Notes

Albert Barnes, Notes on the Bible · 1834

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory · 1871

Vincent’s Word Studies

Word Studies in the New Testament · 1887

Thayer’s Greek Lexicon

Greek-English Lexicon of the NT · 1889

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World English Bible · King James Version

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