Rom 8:7-8.   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. John 6:44,65.   No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. ...And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. John 15:5.   I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. Rom 5:5.   And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.