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

Bible References

For what

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

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.

and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.

For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.

For sin

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; 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 us. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,"

Condemned

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;

General references

"You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water.

"The priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness: and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering;

He shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.

We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.