Rom.8.7

Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing.

Rom.8.7

the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.

Rom.8.7

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

Rom.8.7

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