'Of the Flesh' in the Bible

who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

What is born of the flesh is flesh; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

For they who live after the flesh, give their attention to the things of the flesh; But they who live after the spirit, give their attention to spiritual things.

That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as his posterity.

Now I Paul, myself, appeal to you by the humble-heartedness and selflessness of Christ??aul who "in your presence is humble, but bold enough when he is absent"??2 I beseech you, and I say, do not make me show my boldness, when I come in the boldness with which I think I shall show my courage against some who think that I am walking on the low level of the flesh.

Though I do walk on the low level of the flesh, I do not make war as the flesh does;

for the weapons of my warfare are not weapons of the flesh, but mighty for God, in pulling down all fortresses.

This is my meaning. Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

For the desire of the flesh is against that of the Spirit, and the desire of the Spirit is against that of the flesh, for they two are antagonistic, so that you may not do those things that you wish.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest; such, for instance, as fornication, impurity, indecency,

The man who is sowing to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption; but he who is sowing to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap life eternal.

For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleansing of the flesh,

I beseech you, beloved, as pilgrims and exiles, to abstain from passions of the flesh that war upon your souls.

Baptism, the counterpart of that, now saves you (not the washing off of the filth of the flesh, but the prayer for a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

For speaking great swelling words of vanity, they entangle, by their lasciviousness, in the lusts of the flesh, those who are just about to escape from the men that live in misconduct.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the proud glory of life, is not from the Father, but from the world;