Romans 8:3

Good News Translation

What the Law could not do, because human nature was weak, God did. He condemned sin in human nature by sending his own Son, who came with a nature like our sinful nature, to do away with sin.

Cross References

Numbers 21:9

So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. Anyone who had been bitten would look at the bronze snake and be healed.

Numbers 28:22

Also offer one male goat as a sin offering, and in this way perform the ritual of purification for the people.

Mark 15:27

They also crucified two bandits with Jesus, one on his right and the other on his left.

John 1:14

The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father's only Son.

John 9:24

A second time they called back the man who had been born blind, and said to him, “Promise before God that you will tell the truth! We know that this man who cured you is a sinner.”

Romans 3:20

For no one is put right in God's sight by doing what the Law requires; what the Law does is to make us know that we have sinned.

Romans 6:6

And we know that our old being has been put to death with Christ on his cross, in order that the power of the sinful self might be destroyed, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin.

Romans 7:18

I know that good does not live in me—that is, in my human nature. For even though the desire to do good is in me, I am not able to do it.

Romans 8:32

Certainly not God, who did not even keep back his own Son, but offered him for us all! He gave us his Son—will he not also freely give us all things?

Romans 9:3

for my people, my own flesh and blood! For their sake I could wish that I myself were under God's curse and separated from Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:21

Christ was without sin, but for our sake God made him share our sin in order that in union with him we might share the righteousness of God.

Galatians 3:13

But by becoming a curse for us Christ has redeemed us from the curse that the Law brings; for the scripture says, “Anyone who is hanged on a tree is under God's curse.”

Galatians 3:21

Does this mean that the Law is against God's promises? No, not at all! For if human beings had received a law that could bring life, then everyone could be put right with God by obeying it.

Philippians 2:7

Instead of this, of his own free will he gave up all he had, and took the nature of a servant. He became like a human being and appeared in human likeness.

Hebrews 10:12

Christ, however, offered one sacrifice for sins, an offering that is effective forever, and then he sat down at the right side of God.

Hebrews 10:14

With one sacrifice, then, he has made perfect forever those who are purified from sin.

Hebrews 2:14

Since the children, as he calls them, are people of flesh and blood, Jesus himself became like them and shared their human nature. He did this so that through his death he might destroy the Devil, who has the power over death,

Hebrews 2:17

This means that he had to become like his people in every way, in order to be their faithful and merciful High Priest in his service to God, so that the people's sins would be forgiven.

Hebrews 4:15

Our High Priest is not one who cannot feel sympathy for our weaknesses. On the contrary, we have a High Priest who was tempted in every way that we are, but did not sin.

1 Peter 2:24

Christ himself carried our sins in his body to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. It is by his wounds that you have been healed.