Romans 8:8
New American Standard Bible
8 and those who are (A)in the flesh cannot please God.
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Romans 8:8
Amplified Bible
8 and those who are in the flesh [living a life that caters to sinful appetites and impulses] cannot please God.
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Romans 8:8
King James Version
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
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Ephesians 2:3
New American Standard Bible
3 Among them [a]we too all (A)previously lived in (B)the lusts of our flesh, [b]indulging the desires of the flesh and of the [c]mind, and were (C)by nature (D)children of wrath, (E)just as the rest.
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- Ephesians 2:3 I.e., Jewish believers
- Ephesians 2:3 Lit doing
- Ephesians 2:3 Lit thoughts
Ephesians 2:3
Amplified Bible
3 Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by the sinful self], indulging the desires of [a]human nature [without the Holy Spirit] and [the impulses] of the [sinful] mind. We were, by nature, children [under the sentence] of [God’s] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind].
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- Ephesians 2:3 Lit flesh.
Ephesians 2:3
King James Version
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
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Romans 8:7
New American Standard Bible
7 because the mind [a]set on the flesh is (A)hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,
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- Romans 8:7 Lit of the
Romans 8:7
Amplified Bible
7 the mind of the flesh [with its sinful pursuits] is actively hostile to God. It does not submit itself to God’s law, since it cannot,
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Romans 8:7
King James Version
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
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