Romans 8:3
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made you free from the law of sin and of death.
Cross References
Numbers 21:9Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the standard: and it happened, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of brass, he lived.
John 1:14The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 9:24So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner."
Romans 3:20Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.
Romans 9:3For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my relatives 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 →