Romans 8:3
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
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ASV
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:
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:
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30 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| τὸ | to | <the> | G3588 → |
| γὰρ | gar | For | G1063 → |
| ἀδύνατον | adunaton | powerless [being] | G102 → |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → |
| νόμου, | nomou | law, | G3551 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| ᾧ | hō | that | G3739 → |
| ἠσθένει | ēsthenei | it was weak | G770 → |
| διὰ | dia | through | G1223 → |
| τῆς | tēs | the | G3588 → |
| σαρκός, | sarkos | flesh, | G4561 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| θεὸς | theos | God | G2316 → |
| τὸν | ton | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἑαυτοῦ | he'autou | His own | G1438 → |
| υἱὸν | huion | Son | G5207 → |
| πέμψας | pempsas | having sent | G3992 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| ὁμοιώματι | homoiōmati | likeness | G3667 → |
| σαρκὸς | sarkos | of flesh | G4561 → |
| ἁμαρτίας | hamartias | of sin | G266 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| περὶ | peri | for | G4012 → |
| ἁμαρτίας | hamartias | sin | G266 → |
| κατέκρινεν | katekrinen | condemned | G2632 → |
| τὴν | tēn | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἁμαρτίαν | hamartian | sin | G266 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| τῇ | tēa | the | G3588 → |
| σαρκί, | sarki | flesh, | G4561 → |
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