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The book of Romans is often referred to as the “freedom letter.” The epistle which has been called “the gospel according to Paul” centers on the important doctrinal themes of salvation, freedom from sin, freedom from the wrath of God, and freedom from the law. While written in a scholarly, competent manner, frequently referring to the original Greek of the text to establish crucial...

with the sinful human flesh He came to redeem: “in the likeness of sinful man” (Gk. sarx, “flesh” v. 3). Yet it should be stressed first of all that “likeness” of sinful flesh means neither that Christ was sinful (see 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Pet. 2:22), nor that He only appeared to be human, but that He came in real human flesh (He was fully human). This real human flesh can be understood in two different senses. Some interpret the term “in the likeness of sinful flesh” (NASB) to refer to the fact that Jesus
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