Romans 8:8
for neither is it able; and those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
In Context
7because the mind of the flesh [is] enmity to God, for to the Law of God it does not subject itself,
Cross References
John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone may not be born from above, he is not able to see the Kingdom of God”;
John 8:29and He who sent Me is with Me; the Father did not leave Me alone, because I always do the things pleasing to Him.”
Romans 8:9And you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you; and if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ—this one is not His;
Philippians 4:18and I have all things, and abound; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you—an odor of a refreshing fragrance—a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God:
Colossians 3:20the children: obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the LORD;
Hebrews 11:5By faith Enoch was translated—not to see death, and was not found, because God translated him; for before his translation he had been testified to—that he had pleased God well,
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 →