Romans Chapter 1 Vs. 3

Greeting

Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; Rom. 1:3

Concerning his Son... Christ is the great theme of the gospel and the fulfillment of Scripture (Rom. 1:2; Luke 24:44; John 5:39; Acts 1:21-22).

his Son... His Son, not Himself (1Jn. 5:7).

was made of... Ref. Isa. 9:6; 11:1; Mat. 1:1-25; Luke 1:32; Gal. 4:1-31.

according to the... According to human nature (Heb. 2:7-18; Rom. 9:3-5; 1Tim. 3:15; 1Jn. 4:2).

God’s good news concerns His Son, identified as Jesus Christ our Lord. This asserts Christ’s deity as basic to His person and prior to His Incarnation, since His identification with David’s line “came to be,” a literal rendering of the participle genomenou, translated was. He was genuinely human too, as His tie with David and His resurrection from the dead show. That resurrection declared Him to be the Son of God because it validated His claims to deity and His predictions that He would rise from the dead (John 2:18-22; Mat. 16:21). This declaration was made through (lit., “in accord with”) the Spirit of holiness. This is the Holy Spirit, and not, as some have suggested, Christ’s human spirit.