Thematic Bible: Has delivered saints from the


Thematic Bible




Therefore, since the children share in [bodies of] flesh and blood, Christ also, in the same way, took on a human body so that, through His death, He could destroy [the dominion of] him who had the power to cause death, that is, the devil. And [also He could] release all of those people who, because of their fear of death, were [kept] in bondage all their lives.


But the last thing I want to do is brag [about such things]. For [if I had any bragging to do at all], it would be about [salvation through] the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, for it is through Him that this [sinful] world has been crucified [i.e., died] as far as I am concerned and I have been crucified [i.e., died] as far as it is concerned. Verse ConceptsConformitySalvation, Boasting ImpossibleAtonement, in NTMortificationPride, Evil OfNot AshamedStrength, SpiritualLove For GodUnworldlinessDeath To SelfBoasting In GodFar Be It!Significance Of Christ's CrucifixionDanger From MenGlory of ChristImmigrantsThe CrossAnxiety And StressTrust In RelationshipsBoastingBuilding Relationshipscrucifixion

For what the law was not able to do [for mankind], since it was [too] weak [to deliver them from condemnation] because fleshly people [were unable to obey it perfectly], God condemned sin in the flesh [i.e., sin was declared evil and its power over man broken]. God did this by sending His own Son in a body like sinful man's, and to destroy sin, Verse ConceptsExpiationAtonement, in NTGod, Suffering OfGospel, Historical Foundation OfIncarnationLikenessPower, God's SavingSin, God's Remedy ForSin OfferingSinnersUnion With Christ, Nature OfWeakness, PhysicalJustification Under The GospelSalvation Not By WorksPowerlessnessPeople's Inability To Serve GodCondemnation Of The WickedChrist Like PeopleWeaknesscondemnationimpossible

You [should] know that you were bought back [from Satan], from your useless way of life, inherited from your forefathers, not with such perishable things as silver and gold, but with [the] precious blood of Christ, who represents an unblemished lamb, without defect.