Romans 8:3

For there was an impotency of the law, in which it was weak through depravity, God having sent his own Son in the likeness of the sin of depravity and for sin, condemned sin in depravity:

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

2For the law of the Spirit of life has made thee free from the law of sin and of death.

4in order that the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to depravity, but according to the spirit.

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Cross References

John 1:14The Word was made flesh, and tented among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten with the Father), full of grace and truth.

John 9:24Then they asked the man the second time who was blind, and said to him, Give God the glory: we know that this man is a sinner.

Romans 3:20Therefore no flesh shall be justified by works of law: for through law there is a perfect knowledge of sin.

Romans 7:5For when we were in carnality, the emotions of sins, which were through the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

Romans 9:3For I would pray, that I myself might be an offering from Christ; in behalf of my brethren, my kindred 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 →

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