Quotes about Flesh

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption. . . . Galatians 6:7—

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone, the mind those of the past and future as well.

But let the mind beware, that though the flesh be bugged, the circumstances of existence are pretty glorious.

They that are of the flesh cannot do the works of the Spirit, neither can they that are spiritual do the works of the flesh, even as faith cannot do the works of unbelief, nor unbelief the works of faith.

We are united to Christ who is bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, and participate in the risen Humanity of Christ so that we are bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh.

The battle over flesh and blood cannot compare to the battle for the heart.

God sent Jesus as an example to see if we could retain and maintain the Holy Spirit in human flesh.

Although Christ was God, he took flesh; and having been made man, he remained what he was, God.

In the heart of man, there is a constant conflict between the flesh and the spirit.

Thus was the King and the Lord of glory judged by man's judgment, when manifest in flesh: far be it from any of his ministers to expect better treatment.

For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another" (Gal. 5:17). They are in opposition because the Holy Spirit, like Jesus, will not operate independently of our heavenly Father, but the flesh does. The flesh may be defined as existence apart from God—a life dominated by sin or a drive opposed to God. The flesh is self-reliant rather than God-dependent; it is self-centered rather than Christ-centered.

The only real escape from the demands of the flesh is to find something more than the flesh to love; and that Mary is the refuge of sinners.