³ For what the law could not do^(A) since it was weakened by the flesh,^(B) God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh^(C) as a sin offering,^[a](D)

⁹ But now, since you know God,^(A) or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless^(B) elements?^(C) Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?