Romans 1:3
New International Version
regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David,

New Living Translation
The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David’s family line,

English Standard Version
concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh

Berean Standard Bible
regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,

Berean Literal Bible
concerning His Son, having come of the seed of David according to flesh,

King James Bible
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

New King James Version
concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

New American Standard Bible
concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh,

NASB 1995
concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh,

NASB 1977
concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh,

Legacy Standard Bible
concerning His Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

Amplified Bible
[the good news] regarding His Son, who, as to the flesh [His human nature], was born a descendant of David [to fulfill the covenant promises],

Christian Standard Bible
concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh

Holman Christian Standard Bible
concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh

American Standard Version
concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
About his Son, who is begotten in the flesh from the seed of the house of David,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Concerning his Son, who was made to him of the seed of David, according to the flesh,

English Revised Version
concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This Good News is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. In his human nature he was a descendant of David.

Good News Translation
It is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: as to his humanity, he was born a descendant of David;

International Standard Version
regarding his Son. He was a descendant of David with respect to his humanity

Literal Standard Version
concerning His Son—who has come of the seed of David according to the flesh,

Majority Standard Bible
regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,

New American Bible
the gospel about his Son, descended from David according to the flesh,

NET Bible
concerning his Son who was a descendant of David with reference to the flesh,

New Revised Standard Version
the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh

New Heart English Bible
concerning his Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh,

Webster's Bible Translation
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh.

Weymouth New Testament
who, as regards His human descent, belonged to the posterity of David,

World English Bible
concerning his Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh,

Young's Literal Translation
concerning His Son, (who is come of the seed of David according to the flesh,

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Context
Greeting the Saints in Rome
2the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, 3regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh, 4and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.…

Cross References
Matthew 1:1
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Romans 4:1
What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered?

Romans 9:3
For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,

Romans 9:5
Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.

1 Corinthians 10:18
Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?

Galatians 4:4
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,


Treasury of Scripture

Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

his Son.

Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

Romans 8:2,3,29-32
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death…

Psalm 2:7
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

which.

2 Samuel 7:12-16
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom…

Psalm 89:36,37
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me…

Isaiah 9:6,7
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace…

according.

Romans 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 of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

Romans 9:5
Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

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9. and his desire to come to them.
16. What his gospel is.
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(3, 4) Who, on the human side--as if to show that the prophecies were really fulfilled in Him--was born of the seed of David, the rightful lineage of the Messiah; who, on the divine side, by virtue of the divine attribute of holiness dwelling in His spirit, was declared to be the Son of God, by that mighty demonstration, the resurrection of the dead.

According to the flesh.--The word is here used as equivalent to "in His human nature, in that lower bodily organisation which He shares with us men."

Verse 3. Which was made; or, was born. But the word in itself, γενομένου, need only mean that he became a Man of the seed of David; implying, it would seem, a pre-existence of him who so became. This, however, is more evident from other passages, in which ω}ν, or ὑπάρχων, is opposed to γενόμενος (cf. John 1:1, 14; Philippians 2:6, 7; cf. also Galatians 4:4, Ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ υἱὸν αὐτοῦ γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικὸς). Of the seed of David according to the flesh. Κατὰ σάρκα is here, as elsewhere, contrasted with κατὰ πνεῦμα. Here κατὰ σάρκα denotes the merely human descent of Jesus in distinction from his Divine Being (cf. Acts 2:40; Romans 9:3, 5; 2 Corinthians 5:16). His having come humanly "of the seed of David" is suitably noted here, where "the Son" is being set forth as fulfilling the Old Testament promises; for they uniformly represent the Messiah as thus descended, and it was essential to the Jewish conception of him that he should be so (cf. Matthew 22:42; John 7:42; and for the stress laid by the writers of the New Testament on the fact that Jesus was so - of which fact no doubt was entertained - cf. Hebrews 7:14, πρόδηλον γὰρ, etc. See, among many other passages, Matthew 1:1; Luke 2:4, 5; Acts 2:30; Acts 13:23; 2 Timothy 2:8). Meyer, commenting on the verse before us, goes somewhat out of his way to set forth that only Joseph's, not Mary's, descent from David was in St. Paul's mind, saying that "the Davidic descent of the mother of Jesus can by no means be established from the New Testament," and also that "Paul nowhere indicates the view of a supernatural generation of the bodily nature of Jesus." As to the first of these assertions, it may be observed that, in the opening chapters of our Gospel of St. Luke (representing certainly the early belief of the Church) our Lord seems to be regarded as actually descended from David - not legally so accounted only - though, at the same time, his supernatural generation is distinctly asserted (comp. Luke 1:32 with Luke 1:35). Hence we are led to infer Mary's, as well as Joseph's, descent from David, whether or not either of the genealogies given in St. Matthew's and St. Luke's Gospels represents hers. Further, with respect to those two genealogies (evidently independent ones, and both probably got from genealogical records preserved at Jerusalem), a probable way of accounting for the two distinct lines of descent through which Joseph seems to be traced to David, is to suppose one of them to be really Mary's, the legal representative of whose family Joseph had become by marriage, so as to be entered in legal documents as the son of her father (see art. on "Genealogy of Jesus Christ," in 'Dictionary of the Bible,' W. Smith, LL.D.). As to Meyer's second assertion above alluded to, it is true that St. Paul nowhere refers to our Lord's supernatural conception spoken of in the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke. But it does not follow that it was not already included in the Church's creed, or that St. Paul himself was unaware of it or disbelieved it. This is not the place for enlarging on the evidence, at the present day increasing in force, of the early origin of our existing Gospels, and of their being a true embodiment of the Church's original belief. St. Paul's silence as to the manner how the Son of God became incarnate may be accounted for by his not having had occasion, in his extant Epistles, to speak of it. He is occupied, in accordance with his peculiar mission, in setting forth the meaning and purpose of the Incarnation rather than its mode, and in preaching rather than catechetical instruction; and on the essential idea involved he is sufficiently explicit, viz. the peculiar Divine paternity of Christ, notwithstanding the human birth.

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Greek
regarding
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

Son,
Υἱοῦ (Huiou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

who
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

was a descendant
γενομένου (genomenou)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

of David
Δαυὶδ (Dauid)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 1138: David, King of Israel. Of Hebrew origin; Dabid, the Israelite king.

according to
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

[the] flesh,
σάρκα (sarka)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4561: Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.


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