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Romans 8:3

For what the law could not 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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τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γὰρgarForγάρconjunction — “For”G1063for.Forἀδύνατονadunatoncould not doἀδύνατος (adunatos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “could not do”, the object formG102of persons: incapable; of things: impossible; either the inability, or that which is impossible.could not doτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.νόμουnomoulawνόμος (nomos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “law”, the of-formG3551usage, custom, law; in NT: of law in general, plur: of divine laws; of a force or influence impelling to action; of the Mosaic law; meton: of the books which contain the law, the Pentateuch, the Old Testament scriptures in general.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inᾧhōthatὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, singular, neuter — “that”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.thatἠσθένειēstheneiit was weakἀσθενέω (astheneō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “it was weak”, an ongoing action in the pastG770I am weak (physically: then morally), I am sick.it was weakδιὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.throughτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σαρκόςsarkosfleshσάρξ (sarx)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “flesh”, the of-formG4561flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.This verse uses “flesh”.the fleshὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἑαυτοῦheautouhis ownἑαυτοῦpersonal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “his own”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.his ownυἱὸνhuionSonυἱός (huios)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Son”, the object formG5207a son, descendent.Sonπέμψαςpempsasto sendπέμπω (pempō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to send”, a single actionG3992I send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inὁμοιώματιhomoiōmatilikenessὁμοίωμα (homoiōma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “likeness”, the to- or for-formG3667(originally: a thing made like something else), a likeness, or rather: form; a similitude.the likenessσαρκὸςsarkosfleshσάρξ (sarx)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “flesh”, the of-formG4561flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.This verse uses “flesh”.fleshἁμαρτίαςhamartiassinἁμαρτία (hamartia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “sin”, the of-formG266prop: missing the mark; hence: (a) guilt, sin, (b) a fault, failure (in an ethical sense), sinful deed.sinκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.περὶperiaboutπερίpreposition — “about”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “about”.ἁμαρτίαςhamartiassinἁμαρτία (hamartia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “sin”, the of-formG266prop: missing the mark; hence: (a) guilt, sin, (b) a fault, failure (in an ethical sense), sinful deed.sinκατέκρινεkatekrineto condemnκατακρίνω (katakrinō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to condemn”, a single actionG2632I condemn, judge worthy of punishment.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἁμαρτίανhamartiansinἁμαρτία (hamartia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sin”, the object formG266prop: missing the mark; hence: (a) guilt, sin, (b) a fault, failure (in an ethical sense), sinful deed.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.σαρκίsarkifleshσάρξ (sarx)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “flesh”, the to- or for-formG4561flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.This verse uses “flesh”.the flesh

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for what the law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, did condemn the sin in the flesh,

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American Standard Version (1901)

For what the law could not 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:

Young’s Literal Translation

for what the law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, did condemn the sin in the flesh,

World English Bible

For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

Darby Translation

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, having sent his own Son, in likeness of flesh of sin, and for sin, has condemned sin in the flesh,

Douay-Rheims

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh; God sending his own Son, in the likeness of sinful flesh and of sin, hath condemned sin in the flesh;

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