Results 1 - 2 of 2
|
|
|||||
Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Ordered by Verse | ||||||
Results | Verse | Author | ID# | |||
1 | sinful flesh or flesh? | Rom 8:3 | asken | 116677 | ||
In the (NIV)Romans 8:3 and 4 the 'flesh' is called the 'sinful nature.' What implications does this have theologically? |
||||||
2 | sinful flesh or flesh? | Rom 8:3 | Emmaus | 116801 | ||
"In the (NIV)Romans 8:3 and 4 the 'flesh' is called the 'sinful nature.' What implications does this have theologically?" I don't own an NIV. I do not think it is a good choice of words. I think it depends on what message translators were trying to convey and what they meant by "sinful nature." If by that they mean that because of the sin of Adam we are subject in the flesh to death, then Jesus took on our "sinful nature", that is a nature subject to death, but without being a sinner Himself, it is not a problem. If they meant something else or if people take it to means something, the translators have failed in their mission to transmit the maing of the passage. Christ took on the consequences in the flesh of Adam's sin when he took on flesh, but He did not sin. Romans"8:3 "the likeness of sinful flesh": Christ did not become a sinner when He became man, but he did assume our mortal condition (John 1:14). This enabled Him to die and by this means, to defeat death and the devil forever (Hebrews 2:14). "for sin": The Greek is identical to a shorthand expression used in the Greek version of Leviticus for a sacrificial sin offering (Lev 4:24; 6:18; 14;19. If Paul had this in mind, as many hold, he is claimaing that Jesus was sent by the Father to be an offering for sin." Footnote Ignatius Catholic Study Bible Ignatius Press San Francisco, CA 2003 |
||||||