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Romans 8:6–8

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For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
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From verse 6

  1. Galatians 6:8Rank 1 from verse 6
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    8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

  2. Romans 8:7Rank 2 from verse 6
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    7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

  3. Romans 8:13Rank 3 from verse 6
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    13For 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.

  4. Romans 13:14Rank 4 from verse 6
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    14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

  5. Romans 6:23Rank 5 from verse 6
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    23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  6. James 1:14–15Rank 6 from verse 6
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    14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

    15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

  7. Galatians 5:22Rank 7 from verse 6
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

  8. John 14:27Rank 8 from verse 6
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    27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

  9. Romans 6:21Rank 9 from verse 6
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    21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

  10. John 14:6Rank 10 from verse 6
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    6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

  11. Romans 14:17Rank 11 from verse 6
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    17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

  12. Romans 7:5Rank 12 from verse 6
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    5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

  13. Romans 7:11Rank 13 from verse 6
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    11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

  14. John 17:5Rank 14 from verse 6
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    5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

  15. Romans 5:1Rank 15 from verse 6
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    1THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

  16. Romans 5:10Rank 16 from verse 6
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    10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

From verse 7

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:14Rank 1 from verse 7
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    14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

  2. 1 John 2:15–16Rank 2 from verse 7
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    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

  3. James 4:4Rank 3 from verse 7
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    4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

  4. Ephesians 4:18–19Rank 4 from verse 7
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    18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

    19Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

  5. 2 Timothy 3:4Rank 5 from verse 7
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    4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

  6. Colossians 1:21Rank 6 from verse 7
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    21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

  7. Hebrews 8:10Rank 7 from verse 7
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    10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

  8. Romans 7:22Rank 8 from verse 7
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    22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

  9. Romans 8:4Rank 9 from verse 7
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    4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

  10. Romans 5:10Rank 10 from verse 7
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    10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

  11. Romans 1:28Rank 11 from verse 7
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    28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

  12. John 7:7Rank 12 from verse 7
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    7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

  13. Matthew 12:34Rank 13 from verse 7
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    34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

  14. Romans 1:30Rank 14 from verse 7
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    30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

  15. Romans 3:31Rank 15 from verse 7
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    31Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

  16. Romans 7:7–14Rank 16 from verse 7
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    7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

    8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

    9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

    10And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

    11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

    12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

    13Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

    14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

  17. 2 Chronicles 19:2Rank 17 from verse 7
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    2And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.

  18. 2 Peter 2:14Rank 18 from verse 7
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    14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

  19. Galatians 5:22–23Rank 19 from verse 7
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

    23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

  20. Jeremiah 13:23Rank 20 from verse 7
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    23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

  21. Matthew 5:19Rank 21 from verse 7
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    19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

  22. John 15:23–24Rank 22 from verse 7
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    23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

    24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

  23. Psalms 53:1Rank 23 from verse 7
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    1THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

  24. Exodus 20:5Rank 24 from verse 7
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    5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

  25. 1 Corinthians 9:21Rank 25 from verse 7
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    21To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

From verse 8

  1. John 3:5–6Rank 1 from verse 8
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    5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

    6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  2. Hebrews 11:5–6Rank 2 from verse 8
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    5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

    6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

  3. Romans 8:9Rank 3 from verse 8
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    9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

  4. Romans 7:5Rank 4 from verse 8
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    5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

  5. Colossians 1:10Rank 5 from verse 8
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    10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  6. Hebrews 13:21Rank 6 from verse 8
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    21Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  7. John 3:3Rank 7 from verse 8
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    3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

  8. 1 John 3:22Rank 8 from verse 8
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    22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

  9. John 8:29Rank 9 from verse 8
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    29And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

  10. 1 Corinthians 7:32Rank 10 from verse 8
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    32But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

  11. 1 Thessalonians 4:1Rank 11 from verse 8
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    1FURTHERMORE then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

  12. Hebrews 13:16Rank 12 from verse 8
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    16But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

  13. Matthew 3:17Rank 13 from verse 8
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    17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

  14. Colossians 3:20Rank 14 from verse 8
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    20Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

  15. Philippians 4:18Rank 15 from verse 8
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    18But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

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Romans 8:6

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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COMBINED MEANING

carnally

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In a carnal manner; according to the flesh; in a manner to gratify the flesh or sensual desire.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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minded

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of mind, meaning to attend to, regard, remember, purpose, or be disposed toward something.

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COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

peace

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Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 8:7

COMBINED MEANING

carnal

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Sense 1: Of or pertaining to the flesh, body, or material and temporal things. Sense 2: Governed by fleshly desires rather than by what is spiritual.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

mind

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Sense 1: The inward faculty and activity of understanding, thought, memory, attention, judgment, intention, purpose, desire, disposition, resolve, or consent; what one thinks, wills, regards, or sets attention upon. Sense 2: To mind is to attend to, regard, remember, purpose, or be disposed toward something.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

enmity

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Hostility, opposition, hatred, or the state of being enemies rather than at peace or reconciled.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

subject

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Sense 1: Under the authority, power, control, or obedience of another. Sense 2: Exposed, liable, or bound to the condition named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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indeed

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Truly, certainly, actually, or in fact; used for emphasis, confirmation, or concession before a contrast.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 8:8

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

please

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Sense 1: To give pleasure or satisfaction to; to be agreeable or acceptable to; to gratify. Sense 2: To choose, desire, will, or see fit.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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8:1THERE is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

8:3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

8:4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

8:5For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

8:6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

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8:7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

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8:8So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

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8:9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

8:10And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

8:11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

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