And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.’
Romans 8:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) and they that are in the flesh cannot please God. Common English Bible People who are self-centered aren’t able to please God. Catholic Public Domain Version So those who are in the flesh are not able to please God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they who are in the flesh, cannot please God. |
And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.’
Jesus replied, ‘Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again, , he cannot see the kingdom of God.’
The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him.’
For though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became worthless, and their senseless hearts were darkened.
For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions aroused through the law were working in us , to bear fruit for death.
You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him.
I want you to be without concerns. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord #– #how he may please the Lord.
But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided #– #a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God,
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
Additionally then, brothers and sisters, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received instruction from us on how you should live and please God #– #as you are doing #– #do this even more.
Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.
equip you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. , Amen.
and receive whatever we ask from him because we keep his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight.