Parallel Verses

Noyes New Testament

And they who are in the flesh 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.

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.

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 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. 8 And they who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any one hath to not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.


Cross References

Romans 7:5

For when we were in the flesh, the affections of sins, which were through the Law, were working in our members to bear fruit unto death.

Matthew 3:17

And lo! a voice from the heavens, saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

John 3:3

Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly do I say to thee, Unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3:5-6

Jesus answered, Truly, truly do I say to thee, Unless a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.

John 8:29

And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone, for I always do the things that please him.

Romans 8:9

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any one hath to not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

1 Corinthians 7:32

and I would have you free from anxious cares. He that is unmarried careth about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

Philippians 4:18

But I have all, and abound; I am full, having received from Epaphroditus what was sent from you, a sweet odor, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

Colossians 1:10

that ye may walk worthily of the Lord so as to please him in all things, 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 is wellpleasing in the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Furthermore then, brethren, we beseech you, and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received from us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye are walking, ye would abound still more;

Hebrews 11:5-6

By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him; for before his translation he had the testimony that he pleased God.

Hebrews 13:16

But works of kindness and liberality forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Hebrews 13:21

make you perfect in every good work, to do his will, doing in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory for ever. Amen.

1 John 3:22

and whatever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

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