16 occurrences

'According to the Flesh' in the Bible

And now according to the flesh of our brethren, our flesh; as their sons, our sons: and behold, we subdue our sons and our daughters for servants, and there is from our daughters being subdued: and not to the strength of our hand and our fields and our vineyards to others.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersBodyPower, HumanLike People By NatureNo Earthly Inheritance

Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofChrist, The Seed OfOaths, DivineJesus Christ, KingGod Swearing BlessingsKnowing FactsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh?

Verse ConceptsAbraham, New Testament References

I extol my office, that if possible I may excite to emulation my brethren according to the flesh, and may save some of them:

Verse ConceptsGoalsevangelism, motivation forHope, Nature OfSoul WinnersSaving PeopleMaking Israel JealousMinistering To The Unsaved

When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

Verse ConceptsFicklenessLiving For The MaterialAssentingDissent

So that we henceforth have known no one according to the flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him no more;

Verse ConceptsFlesh, Description OfKnowing PeopleLiving Not For The MaterialPerspective

But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesBoldness, To PeopleLiving For The MaterialA Bold FrontIn Men's PresenceSpiritual WarfareBoldnessmotives

But the child of the slave woman was born according to the flesh and had an ordinary birth, while the son of the free woman was born in fulfillment of the promise.

Verse ConceptsGod's Promise To AbrahamLife In A Material WorldThe Promise Of A Babyslaverysarah

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