Whatever is born of the flesh(A) is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit(B) is spirit.

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Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit.(A)

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  1. John 3:6 Or but spirit

What the law could not do(A) since it was limited[a] by the flesh,(B) God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending His own Son in flesh like ours(C) under sin’s domain,[b] and as a sin offering,(D)

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  1. Romans 8:3 Or weak
  2. Romans 8:3 Lit in the likeness of sinful flesh

For 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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  1. 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.
  2. Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin