Romans 8:9 immediately contrasts being 'in the flesh' with being 'in the Spirit'—showing believers are not in that state.

Romans 7:5 describes living in the flesh with sinful passions leading to death—the same condition that cannot please God.

Romans 1:28 depicts God giving up the ungodly — the same state of being in the flesh and unable to please God.

Romans 1:30 lists vices of the reprobate — the fruit of being in the flesh that cannot please God.

1 John 3:22 says we receive from God because we do what pleases Him — contrasting with those in the flesh who cannot.

Hebrews 13:21 prays that God would work what is pleasing in His sight in believers — contrasting with the flesh's inability.

Hebrews 13:16 says doing good and sharing are sacrifices pleasing to God — the opposite of the flesh's inability to please.

Hebrews 11:6 echoes that without faith it is impossible to please God — paralleling the flesh's inability to please Him.

1 Thessalonians 4:1 urges believers to walk and please God — the opposite of those in the flesh who cannot please Him.

Colossians 3:20 says children's obedience pleases the Lord — contrasting with the flesh that cannot please Him.

Colossians 1:10 exhorts walking in a manner fully pleasing to the Lord — the very thing those in the flesh cannot do.

1 Corinthians 7:32 describes one anxious to please the Lord — contrasting with those in the flesh who cannot please God.

John 3:6 defines two births: flesh gives flesh, Spirit gives spirit—directly explaining why flesh cannot please God.

John 6:44 says no one can come unless drawn — showing that human effort in the flesh cannot please God.

Ephesians 2:3 describes our former life in fleshly lusts as 'children of wrath' — the same state as those who cannot please God.

John 5:44 shows seeking human glory rather than God's — a fleshly mindset that prevents pleasing God.

Colossians 1:21 says we were once alienated enemies — the same state as being in the flesh and unable to please God.

Mark 7:21 says from within come evil thoughts — reinforcing that the flesh's internal corruption prevents pleasing God.

Matthew 15:19 lists evil out of the heart — showing the flesh's corrupt fruit that makes pleasing God impossible.

Job 14:4 asks who can bring clean from unclean — echoing the natural impurity that prevents pleasing God.

Genesis 8:21 states humanity's heart is evil from youth — the OT foundation for why those in the flesh cannot please God.

Ephesians 4:18 portrays darkened understanding and alienation from God — the condition of those in the flesh who cannot please God.

Deuteronomy 1:43 records Israel's presumptuous disobedience — a concrete example of acting in the flesh against God's will.