Romans 8:8,12-13
Romans 8:8 King James Version (KJV)
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:12-13 King James Version (KJV)
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Romans 8:5-8 The Message (MSG)
Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God’s action in them find that God’s Spirit is in them—living and breathing God! Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life. Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing. And God isn’t pleased at being ignored.
Romans 8:12-14-12-14 The Message (MSG)
So don’t you see that we don’t owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent. There’s nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. God’s Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go!
Romans 8:8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:12-13 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Romans 8:8 New Century Version (NCV)
Those people who are ruled by their sinful selves cannot please God.
Romans 8:12-13 New Century Version (NCV)
So, my brothers and sisters, we must not be ruled by our sinful selves or live the way our sinful selves want. If you use your lives to do the wrong things your sinful selves want, you will die spiritually. But if you use the Spirit’s help to stop doing the wrong things you do with your body, you will have true life.
Romans 8:8 American Standard Version (ASV)
and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:12-13 American Standard Version (ASV)
So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh: for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Romans 8:8 New International Version (NIV)
Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:12-13 New International Version (NIV)
Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
Romans 8:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:12-13 New King James Version (NKJV)
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Romans 8:8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
and those who are in the flesh [living a life that caters to sinful appetites and impulses] cannot please God.
Romans 8:12-13 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So then, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation, but not to our flesh [our human nature, our worldliness, our sinful capacity], to live according to the [impulses of the] flesh [our nature without the Holy Spirit]— for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever.
Romans 8:8 New Living Translation (NLT)
That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.
Romans 8:12-13 New Living Translation (NLT)
Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live.
Romans 8:8 The Passion Translation (TPT)
For no matter how hard they try, God finds no pleasure with those who are controlled by the flesh.
Romans 8:12-13 The Passion Translation (TPT)
So then, beloved ones, the flesh has no claims on us at all, and we have no further obligation to live in obedience to it. For when you live controlled by the flesh, you are about to die. But if the life of the Spirit puts to death the corrupt ways of the flesh, we then taste his abundant life.
Romans 8:8 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
