Romans 8:3

For God has done what the Law could not do, weakened as it was by flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and on account of sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

Montgomery New Testament

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 in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death.

4in order that the Law might be fulfilled in us who order our lives not after the flesh, but after the spirit.

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Cross References

John 1:14And the Word became flesh and tented with us. And we gazed on his glory - glory as of the Father’s only Son - full of grace and truth.

John 9:24So the Jews a second time summoned the man who had been blind, and said to him.

Romans 3:20For no man will be justified in God’s sight by works of the Law; for through the Law comes the consciousness of sin.

Romans 7:5For while we were unspiritual, the sinful passions, aroused by the Law, were ever active in every part of our bodies, leading us to bear fruit unto death.

Romans 9:3For I was on the point of praying 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 →

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