Quotes about Flesh
For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
— Galatians 6:13
All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
— Ephesians 2:3
by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
— Ephesians 2:15
Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
— Philippians 3:2
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
— Philippians 3:3
though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
— Philippians 3:4
Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
— Colossians 2:23
By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
— 1 Timothy 3:16
Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
— Hebrews 2:14
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
— 1 Peter 2:11
That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
— 1 Peter 4:6
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
— 2 Peter 2:10