Romans 8:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ 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.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Common English Bible

⁸ People who are self-centered aren’t able to please God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ So those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And they who are in the flesh, cannot please God.

Romans 8:8 Cross References

Matthew 3:17

And a voice from the heavens said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.”

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”

John 8:29

And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.”

Romans 1:21

for though they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Romans 7:5

For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

Romans 8:9

But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

1 Corinthians 7:32

I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord,

Philippians 4:18

I have been paid in full and have more than enough; I am fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

Colossians 1:10

so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.

Colossians 3:20

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is your acceptable duty in the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more.

Hebrews 13:16

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

Hebrews 13:21

make you complete in everything good so that you may do his will, as he works among us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever. Amen.

1 John 3:22

and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.