Romans 8:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

For what

For sin

2 Corinthians 5:21

Galatians 3:13

Condemned

Romans 6:6

1 Peter 2:24

1 Peter 4:1

General references

Romans 3:28

Bible References

For what

Therefore no flesh will be justified in his sight by works of the law, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.

While we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

and through him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given which could impart life, then righteousness would indeed have come by the law.

On the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness

For since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices which are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near.

For sin

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for usfor it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"

Condemned

We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

General references

For we hold that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.