7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.

7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.

7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.

7 When people’s thinking is controlled by the sinful self, they are against God, because they refuse to obey God’s law and really are not even able to obey God’s law.

7 because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:

7 Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God; for neither indeed can it be:

7 This is so because the corrupt nature has a hostile attitude toward God. It refuses to place itself under the authority of God’s standards because it can’t.

7 For the mind-set of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit itself to God’s law, for it is unable to do so.

7 For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law—indeed it cannot,

7 because the mindset of the flesh is enmity toward God, for it is not subjected to the law of God, for it is not able to do so,

7 The sinful mind is at war with God. It does not obey God’s law. It can’t.

7 because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,