Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
For to be physically minded means hostility to God, for it refuses to obey God's law, indeed it cannot obey it.
New American Standard Bible
because the mind set on the flesh is
King James Version
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Holman Bible
For the mind-set of the flesh is hostile
International Standard Version
That is why the mind that focuses on human nature is hostile toward God. It refuses to submit to the authority of God's Law because it is powerless to do so.
A Conservative Version
Because the mentality of the flesh is enmity against God, for it is not submissive to the law of God, for neither is it able.
American Standard Version
because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:
Amplified
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,
An Understandable Version
This is because the one whose mind is [controlled] by the flesh is an enemy of God; for he is not obedient to God's law, and in fact, cannot obey it.
Anderson New Testament
Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can it be.
Bible in Basic English
Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:
Common New Testament
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so;
Daniel Mace New Testament
because a sensual disposition of mind is averse to God: for it is not subject to the divine law, nor indeed can it be.
Darby Translation
Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God; for neither indeed can it be:
Godbey New Testament
Therefore the mind of depravity is enmity toward God: for it is not subordinated to the law of God, for it is not able so to be.
John Wesley New Testament
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore the thought of the flesh enmity to God: for it is not subject to the law of God, for it cannot be.
King James 2000
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Lexham Expanded Bible
because the mindset of the flesh [is] enmity toward God, for [it is] not subjected to the law of God, for [it is] not able [to do so],
Modern King James verseion
because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the Law of God, neither indeed can it be.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
because that the fleshly mind is enmity against God: For it is not obedient to the law of God, neither can be.
Moffatt New Testament
For the interests of the flesh are hostile to God; they do not yield to the law of God (indeed they cannot).
Montgomery New Testament
For to be earthly minded is enmity against God; For such a mind is not subject to the Law of God, Nor can it be;
NET Bible
because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.
New Heart English Bible
because the mind set on the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.
Noyes New Testament
Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it doth not submit itself to the Law of God, neither indeed can it.
Sawyer New Testament
Because the minding of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God; for it can not be.
The Emphasized Bible
Inasmuch as, what is preferred by the flesh, is hostile towards God, for, unto the law of God, it doth not submit itself, neither in fact can it. -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Because the propensity of the flesh is inimical against God: for it is not in subjection to the law of God, neither indeed can it be.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Because to be earthly-minded is to be an enemy to God, for such a mind does not submit to the Law of God, nor indeed can it do so.
Webster
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Weymouth New Testament
Abandonment to earthly things is a state of enmity to God. Such a mind does not submit to God's Law, and indeed cannot do so.
Williams New Testament
Because one's thinking the things suggested by the lower nature means enmity to God, for it does not subject itself to God's law, nor indeed can it.
World English Bible
because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.
Worrell New Testament
because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither, indeed, can it be;
Worsley New Testament
because the carnal mind is an enemy to God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be:
Youngs Literal Translation
because the mind of the flesh is enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,
Themes
Character » Of the wicked » Hostile to God
Character of the wicked » Hostile to God
Enmity » What is enmity against God
Fall of man » Man in consequence of » Depraved in mind
Flesh » Those that walk after the flesh
Heart » The unregenerate » Is sensual
character of the unrenewed Heart » Carnal
The law of God » Man, by nature, not in subjection to
Mind » Carnal, general references to
Interlinear
Hupotasso
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 8:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Set Free From The Law Of Sin And Death
6 For to be physically minded means death, but to be spiritually minded means life and peace. 7 For to be physically minded means hostility to God, for it refuses to obey God's law, indeed it cannot obey it. 8 Those who are physical cannot please God.
Cross References
James 4:4
You renegades! Do you not know that the friendship of the world means enmity with God? So whoever wishes to be the world's friend declares himself God's enemy.
1 Corinthians 2:14
A material man will not accept what the Spirit of God offers. It seems mere folly to him, and he cannot understand it, because it takes spiritual insight to see its true value.
Matthew 5:19
Anyone, therefore, who weakens one of the slightest of these commands, and teaches others to do so, will be ranked lowest in the Kingdom of Heaven; but anyone who observes them and teaches others to do so will be ranked high in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 12:34
You brood of snakes! how can you, bad as you are, utter anything good? For the mouth says only what the heart is full of.
John 7:7
It is impossible for the world to hate you, but it does hate me for testifying that its ways are wrong.
John 15:23-24
Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
Romans 1:28
And just as they refused to recognize God any longer, God has abandoned them to unworthy impulses and indecent conduct.
Romans 1:30
They are gossips, slanderers, abhorrent to God, insolent, overbearing, boastful, ingenious in evil, undutiful,
Romans 3:31
Is this using faith to overthrow law? Far from it. This confirms the Law.
Romans 5:10
If, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, it is far more certain that now that we are reconciled we shall be saved through sharing in his life!
Romans 7:7-14
Then what shall we conclude? That the Law is sin? Certainly not! Yet, if it had not been for the Law, I should never have learned what sin was; I should not have known what it was to covet if the Law had not said, "You must not covet."
Romans 7:22
My inner nature agrees with the divine law,
Romans 8:4
so that the requirement of the Law might be fully met in our case, since we live not on the physical but on the spiritual plane.
1 Corinthians 9:21
To those who have no law I have become like a man without any law??hough I am not without the law of God, but under the law of Christ??o as to win over those who are without any law.
Galatians 5:22-23
But what the Spirit produces is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Ephesians 4:18-19
They are estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that exists among them and their obstinacy of heart,
Colossians 1:21
And it has brought you, who were once estranged from him, hostile in attitude and engaged in doing wrong (though now he has reconciled you
2 Timothy 3:4
treacherous, reckless, conceited, caring more for pleasure than for God,
Hebrews 8:10
'For this is the agreement that I will make with the house of Israel, In those later days,' says the Lord; 'I will put my laws into their minds, And write them on their hearts, And they will have me for their God, And I will have them for my people.
2 Peter 2:14
They have eyes for nobody but adulterous women??yes insatiable in sin. They lure unsteadfast souls. Their hearts are trained in greed. They are accursed!
1 John 2:15-16
Do not love the world or what is in the world. If anyone loves the world, there is no love for the Father in his heart,