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For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed you from the law of sin and death.(A)

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because through Christ Jesus(A) the law of the Spirit who gives life(B) has set you[a] free(C) from the law of sin(D) and death.

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  1. Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me

29 so that no human being might boast[a] before God.(A) 30 It is due to him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, as well as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,(B) 31 so that, as it is written, “Whoever boasts, should boast in the Lord.”(C)

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  1. 1:29–31 “Boasting (about oneself)” is a Pauline expression for the radical sin, the claim to autonomy on the part of a creature, the illusion that we live and are saved by our own resources. “Boasting in the Lord” (1 Cor 1:31), on the other hand, is the acknowledgment that we live only from God and for God.

29 so that no one may boast before him.(A) 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus,(B) who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness,(C) holiness(D) and redemption.(E) 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”[a](F)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:31 Jer. 9:24