So now there is no condemnation 

for those who belong to Christ Jesus. 

And because you belong to him, 

the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you 

from the power of sin that leads to death. 

…God did what the law could not do. 

He sent his own Son 

in a body like the bodies we sinners have. 

And in that body God declared an end 

to sin’s control over us 

by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.

Romans 8:1-3