Romans 8:7
The mindset of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God; indeed, it is unable to do so.
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In Context
6Now the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace.
8That is why those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Cross References
Matthew 5:19Therefore whoever does away with one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me because I testify that its works are evil.
Romans 1:28And just as they considered it worthless to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a worthless mind, to do what is not proper.
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 →