Romans 8:8

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

In other passages also he is accustomed to put the natural condition instead of the works that are done therein, as when he says, that "they who are in the flesh cannot please God."[475]

Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

although he affirms that "they who are in the flesh cannot please God,"[74]

Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

For when he actually declares that "they who are in the flesh cannot please God," he immediately recalls the statement from an heretical sense to a sound one, by adding, "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit."[306]

Tertullian On Fasting " Openly let us vindicate our disciplines. Sure we are that "they who are in the flesh cannot please God; "[121]

Origen Against Celsus Book VII

and again, "They that are in the flesh cannot please God,"[90]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII

For in one fashion is the soul in the body, and the spirit, and the power; and in another fashion is the body of the righteous man in these better parts, as leaning upon them, and clinging to them; but "they who are in the flesh cannot please God; but ye are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if the Spirit of God dwell in you; "[35]