Rom 8:3, 2Cor 5:21, Gal 3:13, Eph 1:7, 1Pe 2:24, 1Jo 1:7 | Family | STEP | What the law could not do ; it could not deliver those who had broken it from condemnation and ruin. It could neither lead them to obey it, nor to repent of having broken it; nor could it lessen their disposition to violate it, notwithstanding its promises and threatenings. It could make no atonement for sin, and could not save from it. It was weak through the flesh ; through man's depravity and transgression. In the likeness of sinful flesh ; in human nature. For sin ; to die on account of it, the just for the unjust. Condemned sin in the flesh ; destroyed its power over those who trust in Christ, by showing, through his atonement, the evil nature of sin, the guilt of those who commit it, the excellence of the law which it violates, the anger of God against it; and so opening a way in which God could be just, and the justifier of all that believe in Jesus; and in addition to all this, procuring for them the grace of the Holy Spirit to help them to believe on Christ, and through their union with him, to render to the law a true spiritual obedience; thus delivering them from both the condemnation and the reigning power of sin, neither of which things the law could do.

‏ Romans 8:3

What the law could not do; it could not deliver those who had broken it from condemnation and ruin. It could neither lead them to obey it, nor to repent of having broken it; nor could it lessen their disposition to violate it, notwithstanding its promises and threatenings. It could make no atonement for sin, and could not save from it.

It was weak through the flesh; through man's depravity and transgression.

In the likeness of sinful flesh; in human nature.

For sin; to die on account of it, the just for the unjust.

Condemned sin in the flesh; destroyed its power over those who trust in Christ, by showing, through his atonement, the evil nature of sin, the guilt of those who commit it, the excellence of the law which it violates, the anger of God against it; and so opening a way in which God could be just, and the justifier of all that believe in Jesus; and in addition to all this, procuring for them the grace of the Holy Spirit to help them to believe on Christ, and through their union with him, to render to the law a true spiritual obedience; thus delivering them from both the condemnation and the reigning power of sin, neither of which things the law could do.

‏ 2 Corinthians 5:21

To be sin; suffer to make atonement for it.

Be made the righteousness of God; for Christ's sake accepted, and treated as righteous, through faith in him. In giving his Son to die for his enemies, and in coming by the gospel through his ministers, and beseeching men to be reconciled to him, God has shown that he is exceedingly desirous of their salvation; and that if any are lost, it will be because they refuse to be reconciled to him.

‏ Galatians 3:13

The curse of the law; the punishment which it threatens against transgressors.

Made a curse; treated as accursed, in suffering for our sake the accursed death of the cross. De 21:23; 2Co 5:21, "made him to be sin for us."

‏ Ephesians 1:7

Through his blood; making atonement for our sins.

‏ 1 Peter 2:24

Bare our sins; expiated them by suffering in his own person the curse of them, and thus delivering us from it. Joh 1:29; Ga 3:13.

The tree; the cross.

Dead to sins; freed from their guilt and power.

By whose stripes; in consequence of whose sufferings. Isa 53:5.

Ye were healed; delivered from sin in its condemnation and pollution.

‏ 1 John 1:7

Walk in the light ; know and obey the truth. Fellowship one with another ; joyful communion with each other and with God. Cleanseth us from all sin ; expiates the guilt of all our sin, and cleanses our souls from all its pollution. This cleansing, so far as it is a work of sanctification, is not a momentary act, but a process which God carries forward till it ends in our perfect and everlasting holiness. It is given to those who walk in the light as God is in the light, seeking daily to know and do all God's will. The atonement of Christ is the ground, faith in him the means, and the Holy Ghost the author of sanctification; and all who truly believe, confess and forsake their sins, will, at the close of their probation, become completely and unchangeably perfect.