Romans 8:3
For what the law was powerless to do, since it was weak through the flesh, God has done. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
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In Context
2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.
Cross References
John 1:14The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 9:24So for a second time they called in the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
Romans 3:20For by the works of the law no flesh will be justified in his sight, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, our sinful passions, which were aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit leading to death.
Romans 9:3For I could wish that I myself were accursed, cut off from Christ for the sake 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 →