Romans 8:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

More versions

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 lo, a voice from heaven, saying, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

John 8:29

And he 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 although 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 minds were darkened.

Romans 7:5

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, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Any one 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 received full payment, and more; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

Colossians 1:10

to lead a life worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

Colossians 3:20

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, you 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

equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in you that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 John 3:22

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