Romans 8:5-8

^.5For the (people) being according to flesh think the-things of the flesh, but the (people) according to spirit the-things of the spirit, ^.6for the thinking of the flesh (is) death but the thinking of the spirit (is) life and peace, ^.7for-this-reason-that the thinking of the flesh (is) enmity into God, for it is not subject to the law of God for neither is it able, ^.8and the (people) being in flesh are not able to please God.

In truth, the people who are actively being according to flesh (existing with the physical fleshy body and its soul/breath life, but lacking holy spirit life)…

·         think the-things of the flesh (they have their mind’s thoughts on the things pertaining-to or proceeding-from the flesh, the physical realm),

…but the people who are being according to spirit (referring to all holy-people, true Christians, because we have holy spirit-life within us)…

·         think the-things of the spirit (we have thoughts in our minds that are things pertaining-to and proceeding-from God’s spirit realm via the holy spirit within us),

…for the thinking of the flesh (the end-product of the flesh’s action of thinking, the thoughts produced in/by the mind of flesh)…

·         is death (results in death; there is no life)

…but the thinking of the spirit (the end-product of the spirit’s action of thinking, the thoughts produced in/by the mind of spirit)…

·         is life (results in life; there is life) 

·         and peace (tranquil harmony, tranquility, peaceful wholeness, without any strife or disagreement),

…on account of this reason that the thinking of the flesh is enmity into God (opposition, hostility for/directed-to God), for…

·         it is not subject to the law of God (it is not made or caused to be in subjection to His law, and it does not submit itself to, it is not submissive to, in submission, arranged in the position of being under God’s law, what God makes-known to be the right and correct way of living, which is the way that God set it up, how He divided-out and administers His words to be customarily and rightly used among us; refer to Romans 7:22)

·         for neither is it able (it does not have the ability, able-power, capability to be subject to the law of God),

…and the people being in flesh (those who do not have holy spirit-life within them and so their thinking and actions exclude God’s spirit realm)…

·         are not able to please God (they cannot please Him, they do not have the ability, able-power, capability to give pleasure, to be agreeable, acceptable, gratifying to God).

[Reference: John 8:29; Romans 5:1, 7:14-25; I Corinthians 2:10-16; Galatians 1:10, 5:16-18, 24 and 25, 6:8; Colossians 2:13-16, 3:1-4; I Thessalonians 2:4 and 15; II Timothy 2:4; Hebrews 11:6; I John 3:22.]