Quotes about Flesh
Better is it now to purify the soul from sin, than to cling to sins from which we must be purged hereafter. Truly we deceive ourselves by the inordinate love which we bear towards the flesh.
— Thomas a Kempis
because he also is flesh.' In which language God complains, that the order appointed by him has been so greatly disturbed, that his own image has been transformed into flesh.
— John Calvin
God sent Jesus as an example to see if we could retain and maintain the Holy Spirit in human flesh.
— Benny Hinn
What then can we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found? Romans 4:1
— Beth Moore
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
— Galatians 5:17
Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”
— Zechariah 11:9
They must glaze, adorn, and dress the objects of the flesh, and bring them home to give satisfaction; and this they are able to do, in the service of a defiled imagination, beyond all expression.
— John Owen
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
— John 6:51
No flesh, not even that of the true believer, is so completely under the influence of the Spirit that it will not bite or devour, or at least neglect, the commandment of love.
— Martin Luther
The priest will examine him, and if there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,
— Leviticus 13:10
But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.
— Leviticus 13:16
For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
— Romans 7:5