'Of the Flesh' in the Bible

who were born,not of blood,or of the will of the flesh,or of the will of man,but of God.

Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.

For those who live according to the flesh think about the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, about the things of the Spirit.

For the mind-set of the flesh is death, but the mind-set of the Spirit is life and peace.

For the mind-set of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit itself to God’s law, for it is unable to do so.

Brothers, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ.

turn that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.

Therefore, dear friends, since we have such promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, completing our sanctification in the fear of God.

I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity,

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority.Bold, arrogant people! They do not tremble when they blaspheme the glorious ones;

For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world.