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andδὲthose whoοἱareὄντεςinἐνthe fleshσαρκὶcannotοὐ δύνανταιpleaseἀρέσαιGod.θεῷ
Romans 8:8
Study it in the app“and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 8:8, word by word
- areὄντεςontes
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ontes” appears- the fleshσαρκὶsarki
sinful nature
The human nature that opposes God's Spirit.
Where else “sarki” appears- cannotδύνανταιdynantai
can, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynantai” appears- pleaseἀρέσαιaresai
please
Please.
Where else “aresai” appears- Godθεῷtheōi
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theōi” appears
The context
7because the mindset of the flesh is hostility toward God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor indeed can it;
8 · This verse (above)
9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of the Messiah, this person is not his.
To study Romans 8 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say in vv. 38-39 will not be able to separate us from the love of God?
2. What it means
Paul begins by saying there is no condemnation for those in the Messiah Jesus (v. 1). What does that mean to you?
3. How I live it
The Spirit helps us in weakness when we do not know what to ask (v. 26). How do you pray when you cannot find words?