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Romans 8:3-5
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Romans 8:3-5
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
For God Did What The Law Could Not Do, For Those Walking In The Spirit
3 For the thing impossible[a] for the Law, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did. Having sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for[b] sin, He condemned sin in the flesh[c], 4 in order that the requirement[d] of the Law might be fulfilled in us, the ones walking not in-accordance-with[e] the flesh, but in accordance with the Spirit.
For The Way of The Flesh Is Death. But You Are Not In The Flesh, But In The Spirit
5 For the ones being[f] in accordance with the flesh are thinking[g] the things of [h] the flesh, but the ones being in accordance with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
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- Romans 8:3 That is, to conquer the death-producing power of sin.
- Romans 8:3 Paul may mean as an offering for sin; or, to deal with sin in all its aspects.
- Romans 8:3 Or, in His flesh.
- Romans 8:4 This views the entire Law as a single requirement.
- Romans 8:4 Or, in harmony with, in conformity with.
- Romans 8:5 Or, existing, and thus, living. This is another way of saying ‘walking’, v 4.
- Romans 8:5 Or, setting their minds on, being intent on. This is the focus of their hearts and minds.
- Romans 8:5 That is, belonging to; proceeding from.
Romans 8:3-5
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Romans 8:3-5
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3 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, 4 in order that the righteous requirement(E) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.(F)
5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;(G) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.(H)
Footnotes
- 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.
- Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin
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