Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
New American Standard Bible
and those who are
King James Version
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Holman Bible
Those who are in the flesh
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.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
They, moreover, who in flesh have their being, 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.
Themes
Flesh » Those that walk after the flesh
The flesh » General references to man's carnal nature
Man » Of Christ » Natural, the
New Birth » The corruption of human nature requires
Topics
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 8:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Set Free From The Law Of Sin And Death
7 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. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
Cross References
Romans 7:5
For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.
Matthew 3:17
And suddenly a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."
John 3:3
Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I tell you, unless one is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
John 3:5-6
Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I tell you, unless one is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.
John 8:29
He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn't left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."
Romans 8:9
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
1 Corinthians 7:32
But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
Philippians 4:18
But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.
Colossians 1:10
that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to live and to please God, even as you are living, that you excel more and more.
Hebrews 11:5-6
By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he would not see death, and he was not found, because God took him away. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.
Hebrews 13:16
But do not forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Hebrews 13:21
make you complete in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever. Amen.
1 John 3:22
and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.