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NASB | Romans 8:3 For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:3 For what the Law could not do [that is, overcome sin and remove its penalty, its power] being weakened by the flesh [man's nature without the Holy Spirit], God did: He sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful man as an offering for sin. And He condemned sin in the flesh [subdued it and overcame it in the person of His own Son], [Lev 7:37] |
Bible Question:
In the (NIV)Romans 8:3 and 4 the 'flesh' is called the 'sinful nature.' What implications does this have theologically? |
Bible Answer: "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 |