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The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature.[a] So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.

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  1. 8:3 Greek our flesh; similarly in 8:4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12.

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