'Flesh' in the Bible

and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now going to be made complete by the flesh?

But the one by the slave was born according to the impulse of the flesh, while the one by the free woman was born as the result of a promise.

But just as then the child born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so also now.

For you were called to be free, brothers; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.

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

For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want.

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

Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised—but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves; however, they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.