Romans 8:3
1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
2 For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
4 so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
5 Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- For what the law couldn’t 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,
- ASV
- 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:
- DARBY
- For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, having sent his own Son, in likeness of flesh of sin, and for sin, has condemned sin in the flesh,
- BLB
- For what the law [was] incapable of in that it was weak through the flesh, God, having sent His Son in the likeness of flesh of sin and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh,
- ÅB
- For det som var umulig for loven, siden den var maktesløs mot kjøttet, det gjorde Gud: Han sendte sin Sønn i samme slags kjøtt som syndere har, som offer for synd, og avsa dom over synden i kjøttet,
- OTB
- For det som loven var maktesløs til å oppnå, svekket som den var av kjødet, oppnådde Gud ved å sende sin egen Sønn i syndig kjøds likhet for å være et syndoffer, og dermed fordømte han synden i kjødet,
- B1930
- For det som var umulig for loven, idet den var maktesløs ved kjødet, det gjorde Gud, idet han sendte sin Sønn i syndig kjøds lignelse og for syndens skyld og fordømte synden i kjødet,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 13:39
Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
Read in contextGalatians 4:4–5
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Read in contextHebrews 7:18–19
So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Read in contextGalatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
Read in contextHebrews 10:14
because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
Read in context1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
Read in contextRomans 6:6
We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
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