Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
The spirit
General references
Bible References
The spirit
Romans 7:18
For in me (that is, in my flesh) no good dwells, I know; the wish is there, but not the power of doing what is right.
Galatians 5:17
For the passion of the flesh is against the Spirit, and the passion of the Spirit against the flesh ??the two are at issue, so that you are not free to do as you please.
Philippians 2:12
Therefore, my beloved, as you have been obedient always and not simply when I was present, so, now that I am absent, work all the more strenuously at your salvation with reverence and trembling,
General references
Mark 13:33
Take care, keep awake and pray; you never know the time.