Romans 8:7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it does not submit itself to the law of God, neither indeed can it;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
8and they that are in the flesh can not please God.
Cross References
Matthew 5:19Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
John 7:7The world can not hate you; but me it hates, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
Romans 1:28And as they did not choose to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not becoming;
Matthew Henry on Romans 8:2-10
The Believer's Privileges. ( a. d. 58.) 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 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: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after… Read the whole commentary →