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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
Everything living
(
Gen. 6:13-19
13
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
15
And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
17
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
18
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
19
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. (Genesis 6:13‑19)
); mankind (
Gen. 6:12
12
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. (Genesis 6:12)
); the body (
Col. 2:5
5
For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. (Colossians 2:5)
;
1 Peter 4:6
6
For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. (1 Peter 4:6)
); seat of appetites (
Rom. 8:1,5,9
1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:1)
5
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. (Romans 8:5)
9
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. (Romans 8:9)
;
Gal. 5:17-19
17
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
18
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, (Galatians 5:17‑19)
;
Eph. 2:3
3
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. (Ephesians 2:3)
). Used much figuratively.
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
This term is used in various senses in
scripture
. The principal are ...
1. The estate of
man
: "all flesh shall see the
salvation
of
God
" (
Luke 3:6
6
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. (Luke 3:6)
); "
the Word
became flesh" (
John 1:14
14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)
).
2. The material part of man and of animals: "all flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts" (
1 Cor. 15:39
39
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. (1 Corinthians 15:39)
).
3. The same kindred: "thou art my bone and my flesh" (
Gen. 29:14
14
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. (Genesis 29:14)
); "he is our
brother
, and our flesh" (
Gen. 37:27
27
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. (Genesis 37:27)
).
4. Union: "they shall be one flesh" (
Gen. 2:24
24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. (Genesis 2:24)
;
Eph. 5:29-31
29
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. (Ephesians 5:29‑31)
).
5. Man's
nature
, but corrupted by
sin
: "that which is born of the flesh is flesh" (
John 3:6
6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (John 3:6)
); "sinful flesh" (
Rom. 8:3
3
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: (Romans 8:3)
).
6. The state which characterizes man before knowing
deliverance
: (Rom. 7;
Rom. 8:8-9
8
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. (Romans 8:8‑9)
).
7. Though no longer the state of the
Christian
, yet the flesh is in him, and is antagonistic to the
Spirit
, "the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye should not do the things that ye would" (
Gal. 5:17
17
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. (Galatians 5:17)
). Thus the Spirit resists in the Christian the accomplishment of the lusts of the flesh.
From Anstey’s
Doctrinal Definitions
:
When used with the article
“the”
before
the word
, it refers to the fallen
sin
-
nature
in
man
. But when it is used without the article, it usually is denoting what is human, rather than what is sinful. (Unfortunately, the KJV does not always follow this rule, as do the more critical translations produced by J. N. Darby, W. Kelly, etc.)
In keeping with this,
Scripture
is careful to state that
the
Lord
Jesus
came
“in
flesh
”
—leaving out the article (
1 John 4:2-3
2
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. (1 John 4:2‑3)
;
Rom. 1:3
3
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; (Romans 1:3)
;
1 Tim. 3:16
16
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. (1 Timothy 3:16)
). To say,
“in
the flesh”
in connection with the Lord’s humanity could imply that He took part in the fallen sin-nature, which He most definitely did not. However, the article
“the”
is rightly used in connection with men because all in
Adam
’s
race
have been born with a fallen sin-nature (
Rom. 7:5
5
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. (Romans 7:5)
, etc.).
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