Cross references

Romans 8:3

For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,

Romans 8:3 BSB
  1. a Literally in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin

Romans 8:3 has 25 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Acts 13:39 (32 votes) and Galatians 4:4–5 (23 votes). 76 other verses point back to it. It links with 22 other books, from Genesis 6 to 1 John 4.

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Which verses does Romans 8:3 point to?

The 20 strongest of 25, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Acts 13:3932 votes

    Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

  2. But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.

  3. So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

  4. God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

  5. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

  6. because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.

  7. 1 Peter 2:2414 votes

    He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

  8. Romans 6:612 votes

    We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

  9. For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins. …

  10. Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin. Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

  11. He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

  12. John 1:143 votes
  13. Romans 9:33 votes

Which verses point to Romans 8:3?

The 10 strongest of 76.