That carnal mind which man acquired fall, and which is enmity with God (Rom. 8) see FALL. It has been crucified with Christ (Gal. 5), and buried with Him in baptism (Rom. 6), and we who are risen from the dead in the power of a new life are to reckon it dead (Rom. 6). Our standing is not in it (Rom. 8), though it (sin) is still in us (1 John 1). Whenever we allow it to act, we commit sin. It can never be improved or eradicated, but it can be kept from acting by the Spirit acting in the new nature.