Untangling Cliché: What is "The Flesh" In the New Testament?

"And it's easier to call that 'flesh', because then we can visualize the metaphysic without the abstraction of referring to 'fear' in generic terms.  Putting that more simply, we can grasp the metaphysic through the imagination.  Which makes Paul's theology poetic, not prosaic." Flesh is a metaphor. It gives the mind something to grasp in chaotic waters of human behavior.

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