Cannot please God (θεω αρεσα ου δυναντα). Because of the handicap of the lower self in bondage to sin. This does not mean that the…

So then. It follows; it leads to this conclusion.

They that are in the flesh. They who are unrenewed sinners; who are supr…

So then . . .—Rather, and. Neither can it be expected that those who are absorbed in the things of sens…

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 fle…

At this point Paul launches upon a fairly extended statement contrasting the terms “sinful nature” (lit., “flesh”) and “Spirit,” which he has used …

They then who are in the flesh, etc. It is not without reason that I have rendered the adversative δὲ as an illative: for the Apo…

So then they that are in the flesh
They that are in the flesh are the same who are said to be after it, ([Reference …

Believers may be chastened by the Lord, but will not be condemned with the world. By their union with Christ through faith, they are thus secured. …

1. In the preceding section, the Apostle had presupposed that the prudence of the flesh is death, and here he intends to prove this.

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