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Strong's Greek: 4561. σάρξ (sarx) -- flesh

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Indeed, it is used positively in relation to sexual intercourse in marriage (Eph 5:31) – as well as for the sinless human body of Jesus (Jn 1:14; 1 Jn 4:2,3). Indeed, <i>flesh</i> (what is <i>physical</i>) is necessary for the body to live <i>out</i> the faith the Lord works <i>in</i> (Gal 2:20).]</p><p class="discovery">4561 (<i>sarks</i>) is generally negative, referring to making decisions (actions) <i>according to self</i> – i.e. done <i>apart from faith </i>(independent from <i>God's</i> inworking). Thus what is &quot;<i>of the flesh</i> (<i>carnal</i>)&quot; is by definition displeasing to the Lord – even things that <i>seem</i> &quot;respectable!&quot; In short, <i>flesh</i> generally relates to <i>unaided human effort</i>, i.e. decisions (actions) that originate from self or are empowered by self. This is <i>carnal</i> (&quot;of the <i>flesh</i>&quot;) and proceeds out of the <i>untouched</i> (<i>unchanged</i>) part of us – i.e. what is <i>not</i> transformed by God.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4561: σάρξ</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">σάρξ</span></span>, <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (Aeolic, <span class="greek2">συρξ</span>; hence, it seems to be derived from <span class="greek2">σύρω</span>, akin to <span class="greek2">σαίρω</span>, 'to draw,' 'to draw off,' and to signify <span class="accented">what can be stripped off</span> from the bones (<span class="abbreviation">Etym. Magn.</span> 708, 34; <span class="accented">sed quis subsignabit</span> (Lob. Paralip., p. 111))), from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down, Hebrew <span class="hebrew">בָּשָׂר</span>; <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> properly, <span class="accented">flesh</span> (the soft substance of the living body, which covers the bones and is permeated with blood) of both men and beasts: <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15-39.htm">1 Corinthians 15:39</a>; plural — cf. the flesh of many beings, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/19-18.htm">Revelation 19:18, 21</a>; of the parts of the flesh of one, <a href="/interlinear/luke/24-39.htm">Luke 24:39</a> <span class="manuref">Tdf.</span>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/17-16.htm">Revelation 17:16</a>; accordingly, it is distinguished both from blood, <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">αἷμα</span> (on which expression see below, 2 a.; 3 bis; 4 at the end (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 19)), and from bones, <span class="greek2">πνεῦμα</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ὀστέα</span> <span class="greek2">οὐκ</span> <span class="greek2">ἔχει</span>, <a href="/interlinear/luke/24-39.htm">Luke 24:39</a> (<span class="greek2">οὐ</span> <span class="greek2">γάρ</span> <span class="greek2">ἔτι</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκας</span> <span class="greek2">τέ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ὀστέα</span> <span class="greek2">ἰνες</span> <span class="greek2">ἔχουσιν</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span>, Odyssey 11,219). <span class="greek2">φαγεῖν</span> <span class="greek2">τάς</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκας</span> <span class="greek2">τίνος</span>: properly, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/17-16.htm">Revelation 17:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/19-18.htm">Revelation 19:18</a> (<a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26-29.htm">Leviticus 26:29</a>; <span class="greek2">κατεσθίειν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_kings/9-36.htm">2 Kings 9:36</a>, and often in the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span>; in classical Greek frequently <span class="greek2">βιβρώσκειν</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκας</span>; <span class="greek2">σαρκῶν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐδωδή</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, septem sap. couviv. c. 16); tropically, <span class="accented">to torture one with eternal penal torments,</span> <a href="/interlinear/james/5-3.htm">James 5:3</a>, cf. <a href="/interlinear/micah/3-3.htm">Micah 3:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/26-2.htm">Psalm 26:2</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 27:2>); <span class="greek2">φαγεῖν</span> and <span class="greek2">τρώγειν</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">υἱοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">ἀνθρώπου</span>, in figurative discourse, <span class="accented">to appropriate to oneself the saving results of the violent death endured by Christ,</span> <a href="/interlinear/john/6-52.htm">John 6:52-56</a>; <span class="greek2">ἀπέρχεσθαι</span> or <span class="greek2">πορεύεσθαι</span> <span class="greek2">ὀπίσω</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span>, <span class="accented">to follow after the flesh,</span> is used of those who are on the search for persons with whom they can gratify their lust (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ὀπίσω</span></span>, 2 a.), <a href="/interlinear/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2-10.htm">2 Peter 2:10</a>; <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">σῶμα</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span>, the body compacted of flesh (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 188 (177)), <a href="/interlinear/colossians/1-22.htm">Colossians 1:22</a>. Since the flesh is the visible part of the body, <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span> is <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> equivalent to <span class="accented">the body,</span> not designating it, however, as a skilful combination of related parts (`an organism,' which is denoted by the word <span class="greek2">σῶμα</span>), but signifying the material or substance of the living body (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span>, <span class="manuref">Sept.</span>622<span class="greek2">γέροντα</span> <span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">νοῦν</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">δ'</span> <span class="greek2">ἡβωσαν</span> <span class="greek2">φέρει</span>); <p><span class="emphasized">a.</span> universally, <a href="/interlinear/john/6-63.htm">John 6:63</a> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">πνεῦμα</span></span>, 2, p. 520a middle); <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-26.htm">Acts 2:26, 30</a> <span class="manuref">Rec.</span>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/12-7.htm">2 Corinthians 12:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/4-14.htm">Galatians 4:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-29.htm">Ephesians 5:29</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9-10.htm">Hebrews 9:10, 13</a>; (<a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-21.htm">1 Peter 3:21</a>); <a href="/interlinear/jude/1-8.htm">Jude 1:8</a>; <span class="greek2">μία</span> <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span>, <span class="accented">one body,</span> of husband and wife, <a href="/interlinear/mark/10-8.htm">Mark 10:8</a>; so <span class="greek2">εἰς</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">μίαν</span> (from <a href="/interlinear/genesis/2-24.htm">Genesis 2:24</a>), <a href="/interlinear/matthew/19-5.htm">Matthew 19:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/10-8.htm">Mark 10:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/6-16.htm">1 Corinthians 6:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-31.htm">Ephesians 5:31</a>; opposed to <span class="greek2">ψυχή</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-31.htm">Acts 2:31</a> (<span class="greek2">ἔδωκεν</span> ... <span class="greek2">Ἰησοῦν</span> <span class="greek2">Χριστόν</span> ... <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">ὑπέρ</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμῶν</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">ψυχήν</span> <span class="greek2">ὑπέρ</span> <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">ψυχῶν</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμῶν</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Clement of Rome</span>, 1 Cor. 49, 6 [ET] (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Irenaeus</span> 5, 1, 1; but <span class="manuref">G</span> <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> drop <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">ψυχή</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτοῦ</span> in Acts, the passage cited)); opposed to <span class="greek2">πενυμα</span> (the human), <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/5-5.htm">1 Corinthians 5:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7-1.htm">2 Corinthians 7:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/colossians/2-5.htm">Colossians 2:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-18.htm">1 Peter 3:18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/4-6.htm">1 Peter 4:6</a>; <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">αἷμα</span>, equivalent to <span class="greek2">ψυχικόν</span> <span class="greek2">σῶμα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15-50.htm">1 Corinthians 15:50</a>, cf. <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15-44.htm">1 Corinthians 15:44</a>; <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">περιτομή</span> <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/2-28.htm">Romans 2:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/2-11.htm">Ephesians 2:11</a>; <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">πρόσωπον</span> <span class="greek2">μου</span> <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span> (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">my face in the flesh</span>), my bodily countenance, <a href="/interlinear/colossians/2-1.htm">Colossians 2:1</a>; <span class="greek2">ἀσθένεια</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span>, of disease, <a href="/interlinear/galatians/4-13.htm">Galatians 4:13</a>; <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">τῇ</span> <span class="greek2">θνητῇ</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμῶν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/4-11.htm">2 Corinthians 4:11</a> (cf.<span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">τῷ</span> <span class="greek2">σώματι</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμῶν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/4-10.htm">2 Corinthians 4:10</a>); <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">τῇ</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτοῦ</span>, by giving up his body to death, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/2-14.htm">Ephesians 2:14</a> (15); also <span class="greek2">διά</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτοῦ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10-20.htm">Hebrews 10:20</a>, cf. <a href="/interlinear/john/6-51.htm">John 6:51</a> (<span class="greek2">προσφέρειν</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">μου</span>, <span class="accented">to offer in sacrifice my flesh</span> — Christ is speaking, the Epistle of Barnabas 7, 5 [ET]; <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">παραδοῦναι</span> <span class="greek2">εἰς</span> <span class="greek2">καταφθοράν</span>, ibid. 5, 1 [ET]). life on earth, which is passed in the body (flesh), is designated by the following phrases: <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span> <span class="greek2">εἶναι</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/7-5.htm">Romans 7:5</a> (where Paul uses this expression with designed ambiguity in order to involve also the ethical sense, 'to be in the power of the flesh,' to be prompted and governed by the flesh; see 4 below); <span class="greek2">ζῆν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span>, <a href="/interlinear/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/philippians/1-22.htm">Philippians 1:22</a>; <span class="greek2">ἐπιμένειν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span>, <a href="/interlinear/philippians/1-24.htm">Philippians 1:24</a>; <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span> <span class="greek2">χρόνος</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/4-2.htm">1 Peter 4:2</a>; <span class="greek2">αἱ</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμέραι</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτοῦ</span>, of Christ's life on earth, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/5-7.htm">Hebrews 5:7</a>. <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span> or <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">τῇ</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span>, in things pertaining to the flesh (body), such as circumcision, descent, etc.: <a href="/interlinear/galatians/6-12.htm">Galatians 6:12</a>f; <span class="greek2">πεποιθέναι</span>, <a href="/interlinear/philippians/3-3.htm">Philippians 3:3</a>f; <span class="greek2">ἔχειν</span> <span class="greek2">πεποίθησιν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/philippians/3-4.htm">Philippians 3:4</a>. <p><span class="emphasized">b.</span> used of natural or physical origin, generation, relationship: <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">συγγενεῖς</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/9-3.htm">Romans 9:3</a> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, § 20, 2 a.); <span class="greek2">τέκνα</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span>, children by bird, natural posterity, <a href="/interlinear/romans/9-8.htm">Romans 9:8</a>; <span class="greek2">ἀδελφόν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">κυρίῳ</span>, a natural brother (as it were) and a Christian brother, <a href="/interlinear/philemon/1-16.htm">Philemon 1:16</a>; <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμῶν</span> <span class="greek2">πατέρες</span>, our natural fathers (opposed to God <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">πατήρ</span> <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">πνευμάτων</span>, see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">πατήρ</span></span>, 1 a. and 3 b.), <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-9.htm">Hebrews 12:9</a>; <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">ἔθνη</span> <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span>, Gentiles by birth, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/2-11.htm">Ephesians 2:11</a>; <span class="greek2">Ἰσραήλ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/10-18.htm">1 Corinthians 10:18</a> (the opposite term <span class="greek2">Ἰσραήλ</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span>, of Christians, is found in <a href="/interlinear/galatians/6-16.htm">Galatians 6:16</a>); <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span>, as respects the flesh i. e. human origin, <a href="/interlinear/romans/9-5.htm">Romans 9:5</a> ((<span class="abbreviation">Clement of Rome</span>, 1 Cor. 32, 2 [ET]; <span class="abbreviation">Irenaeus</span> haer. 4, 4, 1 and fragment 17 ed; Stieren, p. 836)); <span class="greek2">γενομένου</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκ</span> <span class="greek2">σπέρματος</span> <span class="greek2">Δαυίδ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-3.htm">Romans 1:3</a>; <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">γεννηθείς</span>, born by natural generation (opposed to <span class="greek2">γεννηθείς</span> ... <span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πνεῦμα</span>, i. e. by the supernatural power of God, operating in the promise), <a href="/interlinear/galatians/4-29.htm">Galatians 4:29, 23</a>; <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">γεγεννήμενοι</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκ</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span> <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span> <span class="greek2">ἐστιν</span>, that which has been born of the natural man is a natural man (opposed to one who has been born again by the power of the Holy Spirit), <a href="/interlinear/john/3-6.htm">John 3:6</a>; <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span> <span class="greek2">μου</span>, those with whom I share my natural origin, my fellow-countrymen, <a href="/interlinear/romans/11-14.htm">Romans 11:14</a> (<span class="greek2">ἰδού</span> <span class="greek2">ὀστᾶ</span> <span class="greek2">σου</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκες</span> <span class="greek2">σου</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/5-1.htm">2 Samuel 5:1</a>; add, <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:2 Samuel 19:13>; <a href="/interlinear/genesis/37-27.htm">Genesis 37:27</a>; <a href="/interlinear/judges/9-2.htm">Judges 9:2</a>); <span class="greek2">εἶναι</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκ</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκ</span> <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">ὀστέων</span> <span class="greek2">τίνος</span>, which in its proper use signifies to be 'formed out of one's flesh and bones' (<a href="/interlinear/genesis/2-23.htm">Genesis 2:23</a>; to be related to one by birth, <a href="/interlinear/genesis/29-14.htm">Genesis 29:14</a>), is transferred metaphorically, to the church, which spiritually derives its origin from Christ and is united to him, just as Eve drew her origin from her husband Adam, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-30.htm">Ephesians 5:30</a> (<span class="manuref">R</span> <span class="manuref">G</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> marginal reading brackets). <p><span class="emphasized">c.</span> the sensuous nature of man, 'the animal nature': without any suggestion of depravity, <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">θέλημα</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span>, of sexual desire, <a href="/interlinear/john/1-13.htm">John 1:13</a>; <span class="accented">the animal nature with cravings which incite to sin</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/26-41.htm">Matthew 26:41</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/14-38.htm">Mark 14:38</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/7-18.htm">Romans 7:18</a> (for which <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">μέλη</span> is used in <a href="/interlinear/romans/7-22.htm">Romans 7:22</a>f); <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Rom. 13:14>; <a href="/interlinear/jude/1-23.htm">Jude 1:23</a>; opposed to <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">νοῦς</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/7-25.htm">Romans 7:25</a>; <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπιθυμία</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_john/2-16.htm">1 John 2:16</a> (with its manifestation, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπιθυμία</span> <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">ὀφθαλμῶν</span>; (others regard this last as a new specification; cf. Westcott at the passage)); plural <a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18</a> (<span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span> <span class="greek2">πάθη</span>, 4 Macc. 7:18; <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">μή</span> <span class="greek2">δεδουλωσθαι</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">τοῖς</span> <span class="greek2">πάθεσι</span> <span class="greek2">ταύτης</span> <span class="greek2">διάγειν</span>, <span class="greek2">ὑφ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὧν</span> <span class="greek2">κατασπωμενος</span> <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">νοῦς</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">θνητης</span> <span class="greek2">ἀναπιμπλαται</span> <span class="greek2">φλυαριας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἐυδαιμον</span> <span class="greek2">τί</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">μακάριον</span>, Plur. consol. ad Apoll c. 13; <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span> <span class="greek2">ἡδονή</span>, opposed to <span class="greek2">ψυχή</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, de virt. et vit. c. 3; add, <span class="abbreviation">Philo</span> de gigant. § 7; (<span class="abbreviation">Diogenes Laërtius</span> 10, 145;<span class="latin">animo cum hac carne grave certamen est</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Seneca</span>, consol. ad Marc. 21;<span class="latin">animus liber habitat; nunquam me cato ista compellet ad metum</span>, Seneca, epistles 65 (7, 3, 22);<span class="latin">non est summa felicitatis nostrae in carne ponenda</span>, ibid. 74 (9, 3, 16)). <span class="accented">the physical nature of man as subject to suffering</span>: <span class="greek2">παθεῖν</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/4-1.htm">1 Peter 4:1</a>; <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">τῇ</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span> <span class="greek2">μου</span>, in that my flesh suffers afflictions, <a href="/interlinear/colossians/1-24.htm">Colossians 1:24</a> (where cf. Meyer and DeWette (and <span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span>)); <span class="greek2">θλῖψιν</span> <span class="greek2">ἔχειν</span> <span class="greek2">τῇ</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/7-28.htm">1 Corinthians 7:28</a>. <p><span class="textheading">3.</span> <span class="accented">a living creature</span> (because possessed of a body of flesh), whether man or beast: <span class="greek2">πᾶσα</span> <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span> (in imitation of the Hebrew <span class="hebrew">כָּל־בָּשָׂר</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 33)), <span class="accented">every lving creature,</span> <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1-24.htm">1 Peter 1:24</a>; with <span class="greek2">οὐ</span> preceding (qualifying the verb (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 26, 1; <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 121 (106))), <span class="accented">no living creature,</span> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-22.htm">Matthew 24:22</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/13-20.htm">Mark 13:20</a>; specifically, <span class="accented">a man</span> (<span class="greek2">ἄνθρωπος</span> for <span class="hebrew">בָּשָׂר</span>, <a href="/interlinear/genesis/6-13.htm">Genesis 6:13</a>), generally with a suggestion of weakness, frailty, mortality: Sir. 28:5; <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">τῷ</span> <span class="greek2">Θεῷ</span> <span class="greek2">ἤλπισα</span>, <span class="greek2">οὐ</span> <span class="greek2">φοβηθήσομαι</span> <span class="greek2">τί</span> <span class="greek2">ποιήσει</span> <span class="greek2">μοι</span> <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/psalms/55-5.htm">Psalm 55:5</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 56:5>); cf. <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Jeremiah 17:5</a>; <span class="greek2">ἐμνήσθη</span>, <span class="greek2">ὅτι</span> <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span> <span class="greek2">εἰσιν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/psalms/77-39.htm">Psalm 77:39</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 78:39>); <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">αἷμα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ephesians 6:12</a>; <span class="greek2">γενεά</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">αἵματος</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">μέν</span> <span class="greek2">τελευτᾷ</span>, <span class="greek2">ἑτέρα</span> <span class="greek2">δέ</span> <span class="greek2">γεννᾶται</span>, Sir. 14:18; <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">λόγος</span> <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span> <span class="greek2">ἐγένετο</span>, entered into participation in human nature, <a href="/interlinear/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a> (the apostle used <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span>, not <span class="greek2">ἄνθρωπος</span>, apparently in order to indicate that he who possessed supreme majesty did not shrink from union with extreme weakness); <span class="greek2">εὑρίσκειν</span> <span class="greek2">τί</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span>, to attain to anything after the manner of a (weak) man, i. e. by the use of merely human powers, <a href="/interlinear/romans/4-1.htm">Romans 4:1</a> (for substance equivalent to <span class="greek2">ἐξ</span> <span class="greek2">ἔργων</span> in <a href="/interlinear/romans/4-2.htm">Romans 4:2</a>); Hebraistically (see above), <span class="greek2">πᾶσα</span> <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span>, <span class="accented">all men,</span> <a href="/interlinear/luke/3-6.htm">Luke 3:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/john/17-2.htm">John 17:2</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, § 30, 1 a.); <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-17.htm">Acts 2:17</a>; Sir. 45:4; with <span class="greek2">οὐ</span> or <span class="greek2">μή</span> preceding (qualifying the verb (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, and <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, as referred to above)), <span class="accented">no man, no mortal,</span> <a href="/interlinear/romans/3-20.htm">Romans 3:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/1-29.htm">1 Corinthians 1:29</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/2-16.htm">Galatians 2:16</a>. <span class="accented">man as he appears, such as he presents himself to view, man's external appearance and condition</span>: <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">κρίνειν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/john/8-15.htm">John 8:15</a> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 583 (542)) (equivalent to <span class="greek2">κρίνειν</span> <span class="greek2">κατ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὄψιν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/john/7-24.htm">John 7:24</a>); <span class="greek2">γινώσκειν</span> or <span class="greek2">εἰδέναι</span> <span class="greek2">τινα</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/5-16.htm">2 Corinthians 5:16</a>; <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">κυρίου</span> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">κατά</span></span>, II. 3 b.), <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/6-5.htm">Ephesians 6:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-22.htm">Colossians 3:22</a>. universally, <span class="accented">human nature, the soul included</span>: <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">ὁμοιώματι</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span> <span class="greek2">ἁμαρτίας</span>, in a visible form, like human nature which is subject to sin, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-3.htm">Romans 8:3</a> (cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ὁμοίωμα</span></span>, b.); <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span> <span class="greek2">ἔρχεσθαι</span>, to appear clothed in human nature, <a href="/interlinear/1_john/4-2.htm">1 John 4:2</a> and <span class="manuref">Rec.</span> in 3; <a href="/interlinear/2_john/1-7.htm">2 John 1:7</a> (the Epistle of Barnabas 5, 10 [ET]); <span class="greek2">φανερουσθαι</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/3-16.htm">1 Timothy 3:16</a> (the Epistle of Barnabas 5, 6 [ET]; 6, 7 [ET]; 12, 10 [ET]); <span class="greek2">κεκοινωνηκεναι</span> <span class="greek2">αἵματος</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span>, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/2-14.htm">Hebrews 2:14</a>. <p><span class="textheading">4.</span> <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span>, when either expressly or tacitly opposed to <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">πνεῦμα</span> (<span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span>), has an ethical sense and denotes "mere human nature, the earthly nature of man apart from divine influence, and therefore prone to sin and opposed to God"; accordingly it includes whatever in the soul is weak, low, debased, tending to ungodliness and vice ("Thou must not understand 'flesh', therefore, as though that only were 'flesh' which is connected with unchastity, but St. Paul uses 'flesh' of the whole man, body and soul, reason and all his faculties included, because all that is in him longs and strives after the flesh<span class="accented"> (Luther, Preface to the Epistle to the Romans); </span>note that 'flesh' signifies the entire nature of man, sense and reason, without the Holy Spirit" (Melanchthon, Loci, edition of 1535, in Corpus Reform. xxi., p. 277). This definition is strikingly supported by these two utterances of Paul: <span class="greek2">οὐδεμίαν</span> <span class="greek2">ἔσχηκεν</span> <span class="greek2">ἄνεσιν</span> <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμῶν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">2 Corinthians 7:5</a>; <span class="greek2">οὐκ</span> <span class="greek2">ἔσχηκα</span> <span class="greek2">ἄνεσιν</span> <span class="greek2">τῷ</span> <span class="greek2">πνεύματι</span> <span class="greek2">μου</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/2-13.htm">2 Corinthians 2:13</a>): <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-3.htm">Romans 8:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/5-13.htm">Galatians 5:13, 19</a>; opposed to <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">πνεῦμα</span> (<span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span>), <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-6.htm">Romans 8:6f, 12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/5-16.htm">Galatians 5:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/6-8.htm">Galatians 6:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13</a> (on which see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἀκροβυστία</span></span>, c.); <a href="/interlinear/colossians/2-23.htm">Colossians 2:23</a> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">πλησμονή</span></span>); <span class="greek2">ἐπιθυμία</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span>, <a href="/interlinear/galatians/5-16.htm">Galatians 5:16</a>; <span class="greek2">αἱ</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπιθυμίαι</span> and <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">θελήματα</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span>, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/2-3.htm">Ephesians 2:3</a>; <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">νοῦς</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span>, <a href="/interlinear/colossians/2-18.htm">Colossians 2:18</a>; <span class="greek2">σῶμα</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span>, a body given up to the control of the flesh, i. e. a body whose members our nature, estranged from God, used as its instruments (cf. <a href="/interlinear/romans/6-19.htm">Romans 6:19</a>), <a href="/interlinear/colossians/2-11.htm">Colossians 2:11</a> <span class="manuref">G</span> <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>; <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span> (opposed to <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">πνεύματος</span>), the things which please the flesh, which the flesh craves, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-5.htm">Romans 8:5</a>; <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπιτελοῦμαι</span>, to make for oneself an end (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἐπιτελέω</span></span>, 1 tim) by devoting oneself to the flesh, i. e. by gradually losing the Holy Spirit and giving oneself up to the control of the flesh, <a href="/interlinear/galatians/3-3.htm">Galatians 3:3</a>; <span class="greek2">σταυρουν</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτοῦ</span> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">σταυρόω</span></span>, 3 b.), <a href="/interlinear/galatians/5-24.htm">Galatians 5:24</a>; <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span> <span class="greek2">εἶναι</span> (opposed to <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">πνεύματι</span>, namely, <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span>), to be in the power of the flesh, under the control of the flesh, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-8.htm">Romans 8:8</a>f, cf. <a href="/interlinear/romans/7-5.htm">Romans 7:5</a> (see 2 above); <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">ὄντες</span>, who exhibit the nature of the flesh, equivalent to <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκικοί</span> (opposed to <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πνεῦμα</span> <span class="greek2">ὄντες</span>), <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-5.htm">Romans 8:5</a>; <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">περιπατεῖν</span>, to live according to the standard of the flesh, to comply in conduct with the impulse of the flesh, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-1.htm">Romans 8:1</a> <span class="manuref">Rec.</span>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/10-2.htm">2 Corinthians 10:2</a>; opposed to <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πνεῦμα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-4.htm">Romans 8:4</a>; <span class="greek2">βουλεύεσθαι</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/1-17.htm">2 Corinthians 1:17</a>; <span class="greek2">καυχᾶσθαι</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11-18.htm">2 Corinthians 11:18</a> where cf. Meyer; (opposed to <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">πνεῦμα</span>) <span class="greek2">ζῆν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-12.htm">Romans 8:12</a>f (<span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span> <span class="greek2">τυγχάνουσιν</span>, <span class="greek2">ἀλλ'</span> <span class="greek2">οὐ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">ζῶσιν</span>, of Christians, Ep. ad <span class="abbreviation">Diogn.</span> 5, 8 [ET]); <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκί</span> <span class="greek2">περιπατοῦντες</span> <span class="greek2">οὐ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">στρατευόμεθα</span>, although the nature in which we live is earthly and therefore weak, yet we do not carry on our warfare according its law, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/10-3.htm">2 Corinthians 10:3</a> (<span class="greek2">οὐ</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span> <span class="greek2">γράφειν</span>, <span class="greek2">ἀλλά</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">γνώμην</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Ignatius</span> ad Rom. 8, 3 [ET]); with the suggestion of weakness as respects knowledge: <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">αἷμα</span>, a man liable to err, fallible man: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/16-17.htm">Matthew 16:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/1-16.htm">Galatians 1:16</a>; <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">ἀσθένεια</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">σαρκός</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/6-19.htm">Romans 6:19</a>; <span class="greek2">σοφοί</span> <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">σάρκα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/1-26.htm">1 Corinthians 1:26</a>. Cf. Tholuck, Ueber <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span> als Quelle der Sünde, in the Theol. Studien und Kritiken for 1855, p. 477ff; C. Holsten, Die Bedeut. des Wortes <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span> im Lehrbegriffe des Paulus, 4to, Rostock 1855 (reprinted in his Zum Evang. des Paul. u. Petr., p. 365ff. (Rostock, 1867); see also (with especially reference to Holsten) Lüdemann, Die Anthropologie des Apest. Paul. (Kiel, 1872)); Ritschl, Entstehung der altkathol. Kirche, edition 2, p. 66ff; Baur in the Theol. Jahrbb. for 1857, p. 96ff, and in his Biblical Theol. des N. T., p. 142ff, etc.; Wieseler, Br. an die Galater, pp. 443ff, 448ff (cf. Riddle in Schaff's Lange's Commentary on Romans, p. 235f) Weiss, Biblical Theol. des N. T. (3rd edition) § 68, p. 243ff, § 100, p. 414f; Rich. <span class="abbreviation">Schmidt</span>, Paulin. Christologie, p. 8ff; Eklund, <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span> vocabulum quid ap. Paulum apost. significet (Lund, 1872); Pfleiderer, Paulinismus, p. 47ff. (English translation, vol. i., p. 47ff); Wendt, Die Begrifle Fleisch u. Geist im Biblical Sprachgebr. (Gotha, 1878); (<span class="abbreviation">Cremer</span> in <span class="abbreviation">Herzog</span> edition 2 under the word Fleisch, but especially in his Biblical-theol. Wörterbuch, 3te (or 4te) Aufl., under the word; Laidlaw, The Bible Doctr. of Man (Edinb. 1879), pp. 74ff, 373f; Philippi, Glaubensl. edition 2, vol. iii., pp. 231-250; especially Dickson, St. Paul's use of the terms Flesh and Spirit (Glasgow, 1883)); and the references in Meyer on <a href="/interlinear/romans/4-1.htm">Romans 4:1</a> (6te Aufl.).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>flesh<p>Probably from the base of <a href="/greek/4563.htm">saroo</a>; flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specially), a human being (as such) -- carnal(-ly, + -ly minded), flesh(-ly). <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4563.htm">saroo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>σαρκα σάρκα σαρκας σάρκας σάρκες σαρκι σαρκί σαρκὶ σαρκος σαρκός σαρκὸς σαρκων σαρκών σαρκῶν σαρξ σάρξ σὰρξ σαρξί σαρξίν sarka sárka sarkas sárkas sarki sarkí sarkì sarkon sarkôn sarkōn sarkō̂n sarkos sarkós sarkòs sarx sárx sàrx<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/greek/4561.htm">Strong's Greek 4561</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4561.htm">149 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/sarka_4561.htm">σάρκα &#8212; 38 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/sarkas_4561.htm">σάρκας &#8212; 7 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/sarki_4561.htm">σαρκὶ &#8212; 39 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/sarko_n_4561.htm">σαρκῶν &#8212; 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/sarkos_4561.htm">σαρκὸς &#8212; 38 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/sarx_4561.htm">σὰρξ &#8212; 26 Occ.</a><br><br><b><a href="/text/matthew/16-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 16:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Βαριωνᾶ ὅτι <b>σὰρξ</b> καὶ αἷμα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> because <span class="itali">flesh</span> and blood<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Barjona: for <span class="itali">flesh</span> and blood<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/16-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Barjona For <span class="itali">flesh</span> and blood<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/19-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 19:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/19.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δύο εἰς <b>σάρκα</b> μίαν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> SHALL BECOME ONE <span class="itali">FLESH'?</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall be one <span class="itali">flesh?</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/19-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> two for <span class="itali">flesh</span> one<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/19-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 19:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/19.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δύο ἀλλὰ <b>σὰρξ</b> μία ὃ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> two, but one <span class="itali">flesh.</span> What therefore<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but one <span class="itali">flesh.</span> What therefore<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/19-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> two but <span class="itali">flesh</span> one What<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/24-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 24:22</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/24.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐσώθη πᾶσα <b>σάρξ</b> διὰ δὲ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> no <span class="itali">life</span> would have been saved;<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> should no <span class="itali">flesh</span> be saved: but<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> there would have been saved any <span class="itali">body</span> because of however<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/26-41.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 26:41</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/26.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἡ δὲ <b>σὰρξ</b> ἀσθενής </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is willing, <span class="itali">but the flesh</span> is weak.<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [is] willing, but <span class="itali">the flesh</span> [is] weak.<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/26-41.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> but <span class="itali">[the] flesh</span> weak<p><b><a href="/text/mark/10-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 10:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δύο εἰς <b>σάρκα</b> μίαν ὥστε</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> ONE <span class="itali">FLESH;</span> so<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall be one <span class="itali">flesh:</span> so then they are<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> two for <span class="itali">flesh</span> one so that<p><b><a href="/text/mark/10-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 10:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀλλὰ μία <b>σάρξ</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> two, but one <span class="itali">flesh.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/mark/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but one <span class="itali">flesh.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> but one <span class="itali">flesh</span><p><b><a href="/text/mark/13-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 13:20</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐσώθη πᾶσα <b>σάρξ</b> ἀλλὰ διὰ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> no <span class="itali">life</span> would have been saved;<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> those days, no <span class="itali">flesh</span> should be saved:<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/13-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> there would have been saved any <span class="itali">flesh</span> but on account of<p><b><a href="/text/mark/14-38.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 14:38</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἡ δὲ <b>σὰρξ</b> ἀσθενής </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is willing, <span class="itali">but the flesh</span> is weak.<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [is] ready, but <span class="itali">the flesh</span> [is] weak.<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/14-38.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> but <span class="itali">[the] flesh</span> weak<p><b><a href="/text/luke/3-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 3:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὄψεται πᾶσα <b>σὰρξ</b> τὸ σωτήριον</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> AND ALL <span class="itali">FLESH</span> WILL SEE THE SALVATION<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And all <span class="itali">flesh</span> shall see the salvation<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/3-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will see all <span class="itali">flesh</span> the salvation<p><b><a href="/text/luke/24-39.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 24:39</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/24.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὅτι πνεῦμα <b>σάρκα</b> καὶ ὀστέα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> does not have <span class="itali">flesh</span> and bones<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> hath not <span class="itali">flesh</span> and bones,<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/24-39.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for a spirit <span class="itali">flesh</span> and bones<p><b><a href="/text/john/1-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 1:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκ θελήματος <b>σαρκὸς</b> οὐδὲ ἐκ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the will <span class="itali">of the flesh</span> nor<br><a href="/kjvs/john/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the will <span class="itali">of the flesh,</span> nor of<br><a href="/interlinear/john/1-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of will <span class="itali">of flesh</span> nor of<p><b><a href="/text/john/1-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 1:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὁ λόγος <b>σὰρξ</b> ἐγένετο καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> became <span class="itali">flesh,</span> and dwelt<br><a href="/kjvs/john/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the Word was made <span class="itali">flesh,</span> and dwelt<br><a href="/interlinear/john/1-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the Word <span class="itali">flesh</span> became and<p><b><a href="/text/john/3-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 3:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκ τῆς <b>σαρκὸς</b> σάρξ ἐστιν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> That which is born <span class="itali">of the flesh</span> is flesh,<br><a href="/kjvs/john/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of <span class="itali">the flesh</span> is<br><a href="/interlinear/john/3-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the <span class="itali">flesh</span> flesh is<p><b><a href="/text/john/3-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 3:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τῆς σαρκὸς <b>σάρξ</b> ἐστιν καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the flesh <span class="itali">is flesh,</span> and that which is born<br><a href="/kjvs/john/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> is <span class="itali">flesh;</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/john/3-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the flesh <span class="itali">flesh</span> is and<p><b><a href="/text/john/6-51.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 6:51</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δώσω ἡ <b>σάρξ</b> μου ἐστὶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the world <span class="itali">is My flesh.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/john/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> is my <span class="itali">flesh,</span> which I<br><a href="/interlinear/john/6-51.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will give the <span class="itali">flesh</span> of me is<p><b><a href="/text/john/6-52.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 6:52</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δοῦναι τὴν <b>σάρκα</b> αὐτοῦ φαγεῖν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> this man give <span class="itali">us [His] flesh</span> to eat?<br><a href="/kjvs/john/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> give us <span class="itali">[his] flesh</span> to eat?<br><a href="/interlinear/john/6-52.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to give the <span class="itali">flesh</span> of him to eat<p><b><a href="/text/john/6-53.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 6:53</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">φάγητε τὴν <b>σάρκα</b> τοῦ υἱοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> you eat <span class="itali">the flesh</span> of the Son<br><a href="/kjvs/john/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> ye eat <span class="itali">the flesh</span> of the Son<br><a href="/interlinear/john/6-53.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you shall have eaten the <span class="itali">flesh</span> of the Son<p><b><a href="/text/john/6-54.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 6:54</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μου τὴν <b>σάρκα</b> καὶ πίνων</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> He who eats <span class="itali">My flesh</span> and drinks<br><a href="/kjvs/john/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Whoso eateth my <span class="itali">flesh,</span> and drinketh<br><a href="/interlinear/john/6-54.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of me the <span class="itali">flesh</span> and drinks<p><b><a href="/text/john/6-55.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 6:55</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἡ γὰρ <b>σάρξ</b> μου ἀληθής</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">For My flesh</span> is TRUE food,<br><a href="/kjvs/john/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> For my <span class="itali">flesh</span> is meat<br><a href="/interlinear/john/6-55.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the indeed <span class="itali">flesh</span> of me truly<p><b><a href="/text/john/6-56.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 6:56</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μου τὴν <b>σάρκα</b> καὶ πίνων</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> He who eats <span class="itali">My flesh</span> and drinks<br><a href="/kjvs/john/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> He that eateth my <span class="itali">flesh,</span> and drinketh<br><a href="/interlinear/john/6-56.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of me the <span class="itali">flesh</span> and drinks<p><b><a href="/text/john/6-63.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 6:63</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ζωοποιοῦν ἡ <b>σὰρξ</b> οὐκ ὠφελεῖ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> who gives life; <span class="itali">the flesh</span> profits<br><a href="/kjvs/john/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that quickeneth; <span class="itali">the flesh</span> profiteth<br><a href="/interlinear/john/6-63.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> gives life the <span class="itali">flesh</span> not profits<p><b><a href="/text/john/8-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 8:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">κατὰ τὴν <b>σάρκα</b> κρίνετε ἐγὼ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> according <span class="itali">to the flesh;</span> I am not judging<br><a href="/kjvs/john/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> judge after <span class="itali">the flesh;</span> I judge<br><a href="/interlinear/john/8-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> according to the <span class="itali">flesh</span> judge I<p><b><a href="/text/john/17-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 17:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/17.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐξουσίαν πάσης <b>σαρκός</b> ἵνα πᾶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> over all <span class="itali">flesh,</span> that to all<br><a href="/kjvs/john/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> over all <span class="itali">flesh,</span> that<br><a href="/interlinear/john/17-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> authority over all <span class="itali">flesh</span> that [of] all<p><b><a href="/text/acts/2-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 2:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπὶ πᾶσαν <b>σάρκα</b> καὶ προφητεύσουσιν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> ON ALL <span class="itali">MANKIND;</span> AND YOUR SONS<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> upon all <span class="itali">flesh:</span> and your<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/2-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> upon all <span class="itali">flesh</span> and will prophesy<p><b><a href="/greek/strongs_4561.htm">149 Occurrences</a></b><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/greek/4560.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4560"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4560" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4562.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4562"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4562" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsleft.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsright.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>

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