Romans 8:3
For what was impossible for the law to do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and concerning sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death.
Cross References
John 1:14And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 9:24Therefore they called a second time the man who was blind, and said to him, “Give glory to God! We know that this Man is a sinner.”
Romans 3:20Therefore by works of the law no flesh shall be justified in His sight, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 1 Righteousness Through Faith
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions aroused through the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death.
Romans 9:3For I could wish that I myself to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh,
Matthew Henry on Romans 8:2-10
The Believer's Privileges. ( a. d. 58.) 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after… Read the whole commentary →