Because (A)the [a]carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, (B)nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:7 fleshly

The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(A) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh(B) cannot please God.

You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh(C) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.(D) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,(E) they do not belong to Christ.

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