Romans 8:7 “because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to…”

Romans 8:7

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

World English Bible

because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward God, for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.

American Standard Version

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:

Geneva Bible 1599

Because the wisedome of the flesh is enimitie against God: for it is not subiect to the Lawe of God, neither in deede can be.

Darby Translation

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:

Young's Literal Translation

because the mind of the flesh [is] enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

Bible in Basic English

Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:

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Cross references

“the carnal mind”

James 4:4 Colossians 1:21 2 Timothy 3:4 Romans 5:10 Romans 1:28 John 7:7

James 4:4 · BSB

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.

Colossians 1:21 · BSB

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

2 Timothy 3:4 · BSB

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

Romans 5:10 · BSB

For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!

Romans 1:28 · BSB

Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

John 7:7 · BSB

The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

“for it”

Romans 7:22 Hebrews 8:10 Romans 8:4 Romans 3:31 Romans 7:7–14 Matthew 5:19

Romans 7:22 · BSB

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

Hebrews 8:10 · BSB

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.

Romans 8:4 · BSB

so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Romans 3:31 · BSB

Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

Romans 7:7–14 · BSB

What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

Matthew 5:19 · BSB

So then, whoever breaks 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 and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom o…

“neither”

1 Corinthians 2:14 Matthew 12:34 Jeremiah 13:23 2 Peter 2:14

1 Corinthians 2:14 · BSB

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.

Matthew 12:34 · BSB

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

Jeremiah 13:23 · BSB

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.

2 Peter 2:14 · BSB

Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

8Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.

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