Romans 8:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 8:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 8:8 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 8:8 — KJV
“So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.”
— Romans 8:8 (KJV)
Romans 8:8 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 8:8
“And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.”
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“And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.”
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“Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.”
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“Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.”
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“Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.”
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