Study it in the app“For what was impossible for the law, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did: sending his own Son in the likeness of flesh of sin and on account of sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,”
Forγὰρwhat was impossibleτὸ ἀδύνατονfor the law,τοῦ νόμουinἐνthatᾧit was weakἠσθένειthroughδιὰthe flesh,τῆς σαρκόςGodὁ θεὸςdid:sendingπέμψαςhis ownτὸν ἑαυτοῦSonυἱὸνinἐνthe likenessὁμοιώματιof fleshσαρκὸςof sinἁμαρτίαςandκαὶon account ofπερὶsin,ἁμαρτίαςhe condemnedκατέκρινεsinτὴν ἁμαρτίανinἐνthe flesh,τῇ σαρκί
impossible
What cannot be done.
Where else “adynaton” appearslaw
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomou” appearsbe weak
To have no strength, falter in faith.
Where else “ēsthenei” appearssinful nature
The human nature that opposes God's Spirit.
Where else “sarkos” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appearssend
To make someone go to another place with a task.
Where else “pempsas” appearsSon
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huion” appearslikeness
Likeness: something made like something else, a form or resemblance.
Where else “homoiōmati” appearssin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartias” appearscondemn
Condemn, pass sentence against someone.
Where else “katekrine” appears“On account of sin” can also be understood “as an offering for sin,” as in the Greek of the Old Testament (Leviticus 4-5).
2For the law of the Spirit of life in the Messiah Jesus set you free from the law of sin and of death.
3 · This verse (above)
4so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
1. What it says
What does Paul say in vv. 38-39 will not be able to separate us from the love of God?
2. What it means
Paul begins by saying there is no condemnation for those in the Messiah Jesus (v. 1). What does that mean to you?
3. How I live it
The Spirit helps us in weakness when we do not know what to ask (v. 26). How do you pray when you cannot find words?
