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For what the law was unable to do because it was weak through the flesh, God did
Here the law is described as a person who could not break the power of sin. Alternate translation: "For the law did not have the power to stop us from sinning, because the power of sin within us was too strong. But God did stop us from sinning" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification)
through the flesh
"because of people's sinful nature"
He ... sent his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh ... an offering for sin ... he condemned sin
The Son of God forever satisfied God's holy anger against our sin by giving his own body and human life as the eternal sacrifice for sin.
Son
This is an important title for Jesus, the Son of God. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/guidelines-sonofgodprinciples)
in the likeness of sinful flesh
"who looked like a sinful human being"
to be an offering for sin
"so that he could die as a sacrifice for our sins"
he condemned sin in the flesh
Possible meanings are 1) "flesh" refers to our human nature or lives. Alternate translation: "he destroyed sin in our human nature" or 2) "flesh" refers to Christ's body, and "in the flesh" refers to Christ's death. Alternate translation: "in Christ's flesh God condemned sin" or "by Christ's death God condemned sin." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)
he condemned sin
In this verse, "condemned" is a metonym for "destroyed." Alternate translation: "he destroyed sin" or "he broke the power of the sin" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)