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God Placed Our Judgment on Christ

So then, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.[a] For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me[b] free from the law of sin and death. Indeed, what the law was unable to do, because it was weakened by the flesh, God did, when he sent his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to deal with sin.[c] God condemned sin in his flesh, so that the righteous decree of the law would be fully satisfied in us who are not walking according to the flesh, but according to the spirit.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:1 Some witnesses to the text add who do not walk according to the sinful nature but according to the spiritual nature; others omit but according to the spiritual nature.
  2. Romans 8:2 Some witnesses to the text read you singular.
  3. Romans 8:3 Or Son in the likeness of sinful flesh as a sin offering
  4. Romans 8:4 Or Spirit; also in 8:5-10. In this section, the spirit refers to the new nature in contrast with the sinful flesh.