Romans 8:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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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.

Romans 8:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 2:14
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.
1 John 2:15-16
Love 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. …
James 4:4
Ye 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.
Ephesians 4:18-19
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: …
2 Timothy 3:4
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

Topics

Baptism Care Carnal Mindedness Character Comforter Consolation Constancy Decision

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

I. The apostle here beings with one signal privilege of true Christians, and describes the character of those to whom it belongs: There is therefore now no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus, Rom. 8:1. This is his triumph after that melancholy complaint and conflict in the foregoing chapter—sin remaining, disturbing, vexing, but, blessed be God, not ruining. The complaint he takes to h…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God--The desire and pursuit of carnal ends is a state of enmity to God, wholly incompatible with true life and peace in the soul. for it is not subject--“doth not submit itself.” to the law of God, neither indeed can be--In such a state of mind there neither is nor can be the least subjection to the law of God. Many things may be done which the law requ…