Romans 8:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 8:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 8:3 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 8:3 — KJV
“For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: for sin: or, by a sacrifice for sin”
— Romans 8:3 (KJV)
Romans 8:3 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 8:3
“I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:3: law, through, flesh
“But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:3: god, own, son
“And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: body: Heb. belly”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:3: flesh, god, own
“And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:3: law, god, son
“And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. unto...: Heb. to the fowl of every wing my sacrifice: or, my slaughter”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:3: flesh, god, son
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