'My Flesh' in the Bible

Then Adam said,“This is now bone of my bones,And flesh of my flesh;She shall be called Woman,Because she was taken out of Man.”

Then Laban said to him, “You are my bone and my flesh.” And Jacob stayed with him a month.

You are my brothers (relatives, relations); you are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’

Say to Amasa [the commander of Absalom’s troops], ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do so to me, and more also, if you will not be commander of my army from now on in place of Joab.’”

“Then a spirit passed before my face;The hair on my skin stood on end!

“Is my strength and endurance that of stones,Or is my flesh made of bronze?

“My body is clothed with worms and a crust of dust;My skin is hardened [and broken and loathsome], and [breaks out and] runs.

“Why should I take my flesh in my teethAnd put my life in my hands [incurring the wrath of God]?

“My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,And I have escaped [death] by the skin of my teeth.

“Why do you persecute me as God does?Why are you not satisfied with my flesh (anguish)?

“Even after my [mortal] skin is destroyed [by death],Yet from my [immortal] flesh I will see God,

“Even when I remember, I am troubled and afraid;Horror and trembling take hold of my flesh.

When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh,My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

For my sides are filled with burning,And there is no health in my flesh.

O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You;My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You,In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

My flesh and my heart may fail,But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever.

My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the Lord;My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Because of the sound of my groaning [in suffering and trouble]My bones cling to my flesh.

My flesh trembles in [reverent] fear of You,And I am afraid and in awe of Your judgments.

“May the violence done to me and to my flesh and blood be upon Babylon,”The inhabitant of Zion will say;And, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”Jerusalem will say.

He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away;He has shattered my bones.

I am the Living Bread that came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior], he will live forever. And the Bread that I will give for the life of the world is My flesh (body).”

The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] has eternal life [that is, now possesses it], and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.

For My flesh is true [spiritual] food, and My blood is true [spiritual] drink.

He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] remains in Me, and I [in the same way remain] in him.

‘Therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue exulted exceedingly;Moreover my flesh also will live in hope [that is, will encamp in anticipation of the resurrection];

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity]. For the willingness [to do good] is present in me, but the doing of good is not.