Romans 8:3

New International Version

³For what the law was powerless^(A) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,^[a]^(B) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh^(C) to be a sin offering.^[b]^(D) And so he condemned sin in the flesh,

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Romans 8:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.
Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin

Romans 8:3 in all English translations

Philippians 2:6-7

New International Version

⁶Who, being in very nature^[a] God,^(A)
    did not consider equality with God^(B) something to be used to his own advantage;
⁷rather, he made himself nothing^(C)
    by taking the very nature^[b] of a servant,^(D)
    being made in human likeness.^(E)

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Philippians 2:6 Or in the form of
Philippians 2:7 Or the form

Colossians 2:9-10

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⁹For in Christ all the fullness^(A) of the Deity lives in bodily form, ¹⁰and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head^(B) over every power and authority.^(C)

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