Romans 8:8

World English Bible (2000)

Those who are in the flesh can't please God.

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  • John 3:5-6 : 5 Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God! 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
  • Heb 11:5-6 : 5 By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn't see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God. 6 Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
  • Rom 7:5 : 5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • Col 3:20 : 20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
  • Rom 8:9 : 9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
  • 1 Cor 7:32 : 32 But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
  • John 8:29 : 29 He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn't left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."
  • Matt 3:17 : 17 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."
  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."
  • 1 John 3:22 : 22 and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 But don't forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

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    9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

    10If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

    11But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

    12So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

    13For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

    14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

  • Rom 8:1-7
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    1There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

    3For what the law couldn't do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

    4that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

    5For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

    6For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

    7because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.

  • Gal 5:16-18
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    16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.

    17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

    18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

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    5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.

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    8That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.

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    17So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.

    18For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.

  • Gal 5:24
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    24Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

  • Gal 6:12-13
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    12As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

    13For even they who receive circumcision don't keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.

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    14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Rom 2:27-28
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    27Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?

    28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;

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    8But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don't eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

  • 2 Cor 10:3
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    3For though we walk in the flesh, we don't wage war according to the flesh;

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    12Therefore don't let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

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    8For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

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    29that no flesh should boast before God.

  • Rom 8:31
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    31What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

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    39nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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    14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

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    2that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

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    25I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God's law, but with the flesh, the sin's law.

  • John 8:47
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    47He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don't hear, because you are not of God."

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    32who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

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    23Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

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    50Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can't inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

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    17for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

    18For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

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    20But if what I don't desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.

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    9What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

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    3For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

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    14Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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    6That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.