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For what the law couldn`t 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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Why the Law Was Not Enough
Commentators unanimously agree that the Law of Moses, while good, was powerless to save. The problem wasn't the Law, but our sinful human nature, which Paul calls "the flesh." The Law could reveal sin and condemn us for it, but it could not provide the power to overcome it. God had to provide a different solution to do what the Law could not.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For what the law could not do. This refers to the law of God, the moral law.
It could not free from sin and condemnation. The apost…
That the law could not do (το αδυνατον του νομου). Literally, "the impossibility of the law" as shown in 7:7-24, either nominative…
19th Century
Anglican
How was I freed? It was in this way. Precisely at the very point where the law of Moses showed its powerlessness—namely, in its attempt to eliminat…
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Baptist
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it wa…
But how was this freedom gained (v.3)? The opening statement about the powerlessness of the law because of the weakness of the sinful nature to whi…
16th Century
Protestant
For what was impossible for the law, and so on. Now follows the refinement or embellishment of his proof that the Lord has by his…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For what the law could not do
This is not to be understood of "the law of the mind", in opposition to "the law of sin", whic…
Believers may be chastened by the Lord, but will not be condemned with the world. By their union with Christ through faith, they are thus secured. …
13th Century
Catholic
After showing that we are freed from sin and the law through Christ’s grace, the Apostle now shows that through the same grace we are fre…
