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Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. the mind of the flesh [with its sinful pursuits] is actively hostile to God. It does not submit itself to God’s law, since it cannot, The mindset of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit to God’s law.
Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 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.
Enmity is animosity, the state of being actively opposed to someone. A common biblical metaphor for spiritual unfaithfulness in our relationship with God is adultery (e.g., Jeremiah 3:20; Ezekiel 16). Nowhere is this imagery more evident than in the book of Hosea (Hosea 2:1–23).
Adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is the enmity of God? whoever therefore would wish to be the friend of the world is set the enemy of God. Catholic Translations
James 4:4a says that “friendship with the world means enmity against God” (see also 1 John 2:15–16). The sinful customs of this world are in direct opposition to the righteousness of God, and when we develop a “friendship” with the world—when we delight in the sinful ways of the world—we essentially declare war on God.
You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
God put enmity, perpetual opposition or enemies inherently at odds,between the serpent and the woman in the Garden of Eden, between its offspring and hers. Learn the biblical meaning and definition of enmity and the importance for what it means for us today.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 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.
In a world of enmity, everything you do is set in open hostility to the other party. So what does it mean, then, for our flesh to be at enmity with God?