Romans 8:3
Inasmuch as the law was impotent, by means of the weakness of the flesh, God sent his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin; that He might, in his flesh, condemn sin;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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John 1:14And the: Word became flesh, and tabernacled with us: and we saw his glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, that he was full of grace and truth.
John 9:24And they called a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him: Give glory to God; for we know that this man is a sinner.
Romans 3:20Wherefore, by the deeds of the law, no flesh is justified before him: for, by the law, sin is known.
Romans 7:5For while we were in the flesh, the emotions of sin which are by the law, were active in our members, that we should bear fruits unto death.
Romans 9:3For I have prayed, that I myself might be accursed from Messiah, for my brethren and my kinsmen in 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 →