Romans 8:7
because the mind of the flesh [is] enmity to God, for to the Law of God it does not subject itself,
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
6for the mind of the flesh [is] death, and the mind of the Spirit—life and peace;
8for neither is it able; and those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5You do not bow yourself to them, nor serve them: for I, your God YHWH, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third and on a fourth [generation] of those hating Me,
Job 15:13Do you turn your spirit against God? And have brought out words from your mouth:
Jeremiah 13:23“Does a Cushite change his skin? And a leopard his spots? Can you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil?
Matthew 5:19Therefore whoever may loose one of these commands—the least—and may teach men so, he will be called least in the kingdom of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach [them], he will be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.
John 7:7the world is not able to hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.
Romans 1:28And according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;
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 →