Romans 8:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 8:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 8:7 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. the carna..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 8:7 — KJV
“Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. the carnal...: Gr. the minding of the flesh”
— Romans 8:7 (KJV)
Romans 8:7 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 8:7
“There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:7: because, against, god
“For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. neither...: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:7: because, god, neither
“Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. I make...: Chaldee, a decree is made by me any...: Chaldee, error cut...: Chaldee, made pieces”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:7: because, against, god
“Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:7: because, against, god
“But 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.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:7: because, god, neither
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