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Romans 8:7

SinObedienceThe law

5 Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

6 The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,

because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

8 Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.

9 You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

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BSB
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
KJV
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
WEB
because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward God, for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.
ASV
because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:
DARBY
Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God; for neither indeed can it be:
BLB
because the mind of the flesh [is] hostility toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for [it is] not even able.
ÅB
Kjøttet er fiendtlig innstilt mot Gud – for det er ikke lydig mot Guds lov, og kan heller ikke være det –
OTB
Fordi kjødelig sinn er fiendtlig mot Gud; det underordner seg ikke Guds lov, og kan heller ikke gjøre det.
B1930
fordi kjødets attrå er fiendskap mot Gud - for det er ikke Guds lov lydig, kan heller ikke være det -

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14

    The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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  • 1 John 2:15–16

    Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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  • James 4:4

    You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

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  • Ephesians 4:18–19

    They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

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  • Romans 7:22

    For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

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  • Colossians 1:21

    Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.

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  • Hebrews 8:10

    For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

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  • 2 Timothy 3:4

    traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

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