What does 'and for sin' mean in Romans 8:3?
God sent His Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, meaning to take the place of the old Adam so that we could be crucified with Him, with old Adam condemned in the flesh. The singular sin refers to the Adamic sinful nature, while plural sins are what it causes.
Les teaches that in Romans 8:3 the phrase 'and for sin' means God sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to take the place of that old Adam, so that we could be crucified with Him and old Adam condemned in the flesh. Les uses 'old Adam' in place of the singular word 'sin' throughout Romans because that is what Paul is really talking about. When Paul speaks of sin singular, it is that old Adam—the fountainhead of all our problems, the Adamic sinful nature. The fruit of old Adam are the things we do, which are 'sins' plural. So singular sin usually refers to old Adam, while plural sins are the things old Adam causes us to do.
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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What does Romans 8:4 mean in relation to Romans 8:3?
Romans 8:4 says the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit, and this is connected because of verse 3, where God sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin took care of old Adam, condemning old Adam in the flesh.
What does Paul mean by 'sin' in the singular in the book of Romans?
Throughout the book of Romans, when Paul speaks of 'sin' in the singular he is referring to old Adam, the Adamic sinful nature.