Thematic Bible: Freed from the bondage of


Thematic Bible



Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law [i.e., were released from its binding requirements] through the body of Christ [Note: This seems to refer to Christ's death on the cross, but some think it refers to becoming a part of the church], so that you could belong to someone else, [namely] to Christ, who was raised from the dead in order that we might live spiritually productive lives for God. Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualFreedom from the LawAbolish, Fulfilled By ChristFellowship With ChristMortificationParticipation, In ChristResurrection, SpiritualSanctification, Nature And BasisDead To SinChrist Is RisenMarriage To GodPotential Of FruitWithout The LawParticipation In Christ Death And ResurrectionDeath Of Loved OneEthicslaworder

But now that we have died to what controlled us and have been released from [the requirements of] the law of Moses [i.e., under the Gospel age], we serve [God] in a new way [directed] by the Holy Spirit [Note: Some take "Spirit" here to be "spirit" and see it as describing the inner person], and not in the old way [directed] by the written law of Moses. Verse ConceptsPaul, Teaching OfRitualService To GodChristian Liberty Is Freedom FromNew Birth, Described AsThe Holy Spirit, And RegenerationThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureNew LifeOld ThingsDead To SinWithout The Law