Romans 8:7
because the carnal mind is an enemy to God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be:
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
6Now to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace:
8and they who are carnal, cannot please God.
Cross References
Matthew 5:19Whosoever therefore shall break one of the left of these commandments, and thereby teach men so to do, he shall be esteemed very little in the kingdom of heaven: but whoever shall do as well as teach them, he shall be accounted great in the kingdom of heaven.
John 7:7but me it hates, because I bear my testimony concerning it, that it's deeds are evil.
Romans 1:28And as they were not careful to acknowledge God, God gave them up to an undiscerning mind to do things that were not fit to be done:
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 →