For (A)what the Law could not do, [a](B)weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in (C)the likeness of [b]sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,

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  1. Romans 8:3 Lit in which it was weak
  2. Romans 8:3 Lit flesh of sin

For what the law was powerless(A) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[a](B) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh(C) to be a sin offering.[b](D) And so he condemned sin in the flesh,

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  1. Romans 8:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.
  2. Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin

so that the (A)requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who (B)do not walk [a]according to the flesh but [b]according to the Spirit.

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  1. Romans 8:4 Or in accordance with
  2. Romans 8:4 Or in accordance with

in order that the righteous requirement(A) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.(B)

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