Romans 8:3

for what the law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, did condemn the sin in the flesh,

Young's Literal Translation

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 the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;

4that the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

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Cross References

Numbers 21:9And Moses maketh a serpent of brass, and setteth it on the ensign, and it hath been, if the serpent hath bitten any man, and he hath looked expectingly unto the serpent of brass — he hath lived.

John 1:14And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

John 9:24They called, therefore, a second time the man who was blind, and they said to him, 'Give glory to God, we have known that this man is a sinner;'

Romans 3:20wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

Romans 7:5for when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins, that [are] through the law, were working in our members, to bear fruit to the death;

Romans 9:3for I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ — for 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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