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Romans 8:8
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6 For ato be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.  
7 Because athe carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, bnor indeed can be.  
8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of aHim who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, bHe who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies1 through His Spirit who dwells in you.  

Sonship Through the Spirit

12 aTherefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.  
13 For aif you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you bput to death the deeds of the body, you will live.  
14 For aas many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.  
15 For ayou did not receive the spirit of bondage again bto fear, but you received the cSpirit of adoption by whom we cry out, d“Abba, Father.”  
16 aThe Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,  
Verse Comparison: Romans 8:8

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American Standard Version
and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Amplified® Bible
So then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please {or} satisfy God, {or} be acceptable to Him.

Contemporary English Version
If we follow our desires, we cannot please God.

Darby English Version
and they that are in flesh cannot please God.

Good News Bible
Those who obey their human nature cannot please God.

International Standard Version
Indeed, those who are under the control of the flesh cannot please God.

King James Version
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

New American Standard Bible
and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

New International Version
Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.

New King James Version
So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and those who live in the flesh cannot please God.

Young's Literal Translation
for neither is it able; and those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.


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