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

for no person will be acquitted in his sight on the score of obedience to law. What the Law imparts is the consciousness of sin.

For when we were unspiritual, the sinful cravings excited by the Law were active in our members and made us fruitful to Death;

and that by him everyone who believes is absolved from all that the law of Moses never could absolve you from.

Then the Law is contrary to God's Promises? Never! Had there been any law which had the power of producing life, righteousness would really have been due to law,

A previous command is set aside on account of its weakness and uselessness

For as the Law has a mere shadow of the bliss that is to be, instead of representing the reality of that bliss, it never can perfect those who draw near with the same annual sacrifices that are perpetually offered.

For sin

For our sakes He made him to be sin who himself knew nothing of sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Christ ransomed us from the curse of the Law by becoming accursed for us (for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a gibbet),

Condemned

knowing as we do that our old self has been crucified with him in order to crush the sinful body and free us from any further slavery to sin

he bore our sins in his own body on the gibbet, that we might break with sin and live for righteousness; and by his wounds you have been healed.

Well, as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, let this very conviction that he who has suffered in the flesh gets quit of sin,

General references

We hold a man is justified by faith apart from deeds of the Law altogether.