Romans 8:8

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Matthew 3:17

And behold, there was a voice from heaven, saying: "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

John 3:3

Jesus responded and said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."

John 8:29

And he who sent me is with me, and he has not abandoned me alone. For I always do what is pleasing to him."

Romans 1:21

For although they had known God, they did not glorify God, nor give thanks. Instead, they became weakened in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was obscured.

Romans 7:5

For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were under the law, operated within our bodies, so as to bear fruit unto death.

Romans 8:9

And you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if it is true that the Spirit of God lives within you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him.

1 Corinthians 7:32

But I would prefer you to be without worry. Whoever is without a wife is worried about the things of the Lord, as to how he may please God.

Philippians 4:18

But I have everything in abundance. I have been filled up, having received from Epaphroditus the things that you sent; this is an odor of sweetness, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

Colossians 1:10

so that you may walk in a manner worthy of God, being pleasing in all things, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

Colossians 3:20

Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Therefore, concerning other things, brothers, we ask and beg you, in the Lord Jesus, that, just as you have received from us the way in which you ought to walk and to please God, so also may you walk, in order that you may abound all the more.

Hebrews 13:16

But do not be willing to forget good works and fellowship. For God is deserving of such sacrifices.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you with all goodness, so that you may do his will. May he accomplish in you whatever is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 John 3:22

and whatever we shall request of him, we shall receive from him. For we keep his commandments, and we do the things that are pleasing in his sight.