Romans 8:3
3For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, ▼▼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.
God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. ▼▼Or flesh, for sin
And so he condemned sin in the flesh,
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