"The word "condemned" in Romans 8:3 recalls the words from verse 1, "There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." This is a reference to the reality of justification. ("Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn?" [Romans 8:33-34, ESV].) The Son of God became flesh so that the "condemnation" of sin might be on him (who had no sin). That is, he bore our condemnation. We are now viewed as free from condemnation "in Christ" (v. 1) when we are united to him by faith" (John Piper, Counted Righteous in Christ: Should We Abandon the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness?, 79).
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