Saturday, August 22, 2015

'flesh' in apostle Paul ..

I don't go here often ..
But some things need to be said

I'm not a theologian and I'm not studied in the Greek
I do speak and read English ..

For some time I have been concerned about the translation of the Greek word 'sarx' into the English words 'flesh' or 'sinful nature'

I believe a simple and clear reading of the English text leads to an understanding of the word as 'body'
This can be seen particularly at Romans 7 & 8 and Galatians

Today (after all these years) I ran across this notation in the New English Translation at Galatians 5 13 ..
" in Paul's thought especially, all parts of the body constitute a totality known as flesh, which is dominated by sin to such a degree that wherever flesh is, all forms of sin are likewise present, and no good thing can live in the flesh"

Sin dwells in the body ..

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