Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

They, moreover, who in flesh have their being, cannot please, God.

New American Standard Bible

and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

International Standard Version

Indeed, those who are under the control of human nature cannot please God.

A Conservative Version

And those who are in flesh cannot please God.

American Standard Version

and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Amplified

and those who are in the flesh [living a life that caters to sinful appetites and impulses] cannot please God.

An Understandable Version

And those people who are living according to the flesh cannot please God.

Anderson New Testament

Those, then, who are in the flesh, can not please God.

Bible in Basic English

So that those who are in the flesh are not able to give pleasure to God.

Common New Testament

and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Daniel Mace New Testament

so that they who are in a carnal state, cannot be acceptable to the divine being. as for you,

Darby Translation

and they that are in flesh cannot please God.

Godbey New Testament

But those being in depravity are not able to please God.

Goodspeed New Testament

Those who are physical cannot please God.

John Wesley New Testament

So then they who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Julia Smith Translation

And they being in the flesh cannot please God.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

So then they who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

So then, they that are given to the flesh, cannot please God.

Moffatt New Testament

Those who are in the flesh cannot satisfy God.

Montgomery New Testament

And they who are earthly minded cannot please God.

NET Bible

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

New Heart English Bible

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Noyes New Testament

And they who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Sawyer New Testament

And they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

They then who are in the flesh, cannot please God.

Twentieth Century New Testament

They who are earthly cannot please God.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

And those whose hearts are absorbed in earthly things cannot please God.

Williams New Testament

The people who live on the plane of the lower nature cannot please God.

World English Bible

Those who are in the flesh can't please God.

Worrell New Testament

and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Worsley New Testament

and they who are carnal, cannot please God.

Youngs Literal Translation

for neither is it able; and those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
So then
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

ὤν οὖσα ὄν 
On 
being, when ... was, which is, that is, not tr,
Usage: 128

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

the flesh
σάρξ 
Sarx 
Usage: 130

δύναμαι 
Dunamai 
can , cannot , be able, may , able,
Usage: 140

ἀρέσκω 
Aresko 
Usage: 17

Context Readings

Set Free From The Law Of Sin And Death

7 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. - 8 They, moreover, who in flesh have their being, cannot please, God. 9 But, ye, have not your being in flesh, but in spirit, - if at least, God's Spirit, dwelleth in you; and, if anyone hath not Christ's Spirit, the same, is not his; -


Cross References

Romans 7:5

For, when we were in the flesh, the susceptibilities of sins which were through the law, used to be energized in our members unto the bringing forth of fruit unto death;

Matthew 3:17

and lo! a voice out of the heavens, - saying, This, is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight.

John 3:3

Jesus answered, and said unto him - Verily, verily, I say unto thee: Except one be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3:5-6

Jesus answered - Verily, verily, I say unto thee: Except one be born of water and spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

John 8:29

And, he that sent me, is, with me: He hath not left me, alone. Because, I, the things that please him, ever do.

Romans 8:9

But, ye, have not your being in flesh, but in spirit, - if at least, God's Spirit, dwelleth in you; and, if anyone hath not Christ's Spirit, the same, is not his; -

1 Corinthians 7:32

And I desire you to be, without anxiety: - the unmarried man, is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

Philippians 4:18

But I have all things in full, and have more than enough, I am filled, having welcomed from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, - a fragrance of sweet smell, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing unto God.

Colossians 1:10

So as to walk worthily of the Lord, unto all pleasing, in every good work, bearing fruit, and growing in the personal knowledge of God,

Colossians 3:20

Ye children! be obedient unto your parents in all things, for, this, is, well pleasing, in the Lord;

1 Thessalonians 4:1

For the rest, brethren, we request and exhort you, in our Lord Jesus, that, even as ye received from us, how ye must needs walk and please God, - even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.

Hebrews 11:5-6

By faith, Enoch was translated, so as not to see death, and was not found, because that, God, had translated him; for, before the translation, he had received witness that he had become well-pleasing unto God; -

Hebrews 13:16

But, of the doing good and of fellowship, be not forgetful; for, with such sacrifices as these, is, God, well-pleased.

Hebrews 13:21

Fit you, by every good work, for the doing of his will, doing within us, that which is well-pleasing, before him through Jesus Christ: to whom be the glory, unto the ages of ages. Amen.

1 John 3:22

And, whatsoever we are asking, we are receiving from him, because, his commandments, are we keeping, and, the things that are pleasing before him, are we doing.

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