Romans 8:3
What the law couldn't do because it was powerless due to our sinful nature, God was able to do! By sending his own Son in human form, God dealt with the whole problem of sin and destroyed sin's power in our sinful human nature.
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2The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.
Cross References
Numbers 21:9Moses made a snake out of bronze and put it on a pole. Those who looked at it did live.
John 1:14The Word became human and lived among us, and we saw his glory, the glory of the Father's one and only Son, full of grace and truth.
John 9:24Once more they called in the man who had been blind, and told him, “Give God the glory! We know this man is a sinner.”
Romans 3:20For no one is made right before God by doing what the law requires. The law only helps us recognize what sin really is.
Romans 7:5While we were controlled by old nature, our sinful desires (as revealed by the law) were at work within us and resulted in death.
Romans 9:3for my own people, my brothers and sisters. I would rather be cursed myself, separated from Christ, if that would help them.
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 →