"In the Likeness of Sinful Flesh", "In the Likeness of Men" (Rom.8:3, Phil.2:7) - Barnes and Zodhiates
ἐν ὁμοιώματι σαρκὸς ἁμαρτίας (Rom 8:3 BYZ) in the likeness of sinful flesh (Rom 8:3 NAS) Albert Barnes: "That is, he so far resembled sinful flesh that he partook of flesh, or the nature of man, but without any of its sinful propensities or desires. It was not human nature; not, as the Docetae taught, human nature in appearance only; but it was human nature without any of its corruptions." Zodhiates, Word Study: homoíōma ; gen. homoiṓmatos , neut. noun from homoióō (G3666), to make like. Likeness, shape, similitude, resemblance. It is important to realize that the resemblance signified by homoíōma in no way implies that one of the objects in question has been derived from the other. In the same way two men may resemble one another even though they are in no way related to one another.... .... In Rom 8:3, "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness [ homoiṓmati ] of sinful flesh, and for sin, ...