New American Standard Bible, 1995 Edition: Paragraph Version (Rom 8:3)
For what the Law could not do, bweak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,
Abraham
Loved God, loved by God, and lied
Jacob
Loved by God, was a deceiver until God changed him
Judah & Tamar
Judah broke his vow; Tamar acted like a prostitute and had a child with her father-in-law
Ruth
A Moabite woman (non-Israelite) who was brought into the fold
David
Israel’s greatest king, a man after God’s own heart, who murdered Bathsheba’s husband
Rehoboam
Solomon’s son, split the kingdom in half and was known as doing evil
Ahaz
His father was a godly man. Ahaz is about as bad as it gets, even sacrificing his own children in the fire.
Unknowns
Several generations of people in captivity due to the rebellion and idolatry of their ancestors.
Jesus / Messiah
Out of all the sin, suffering, and ugliness that is seen in humanity, Jesus rises from this line.