σάρξ, σαρκός, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for בָּשָׂר ;] flesh; 1. as in cl. generally, (a) prop., of the soft substance of the animal body: 1Co.15:39, 2Co.12:7, Gal.6:13, al.; σ. καὶ αἷμα, 1Co.5:50; σ. καὶ ὀστέα, Luk.24:39; pl., of the flesh of many or parts of the flesh of one (cl.), Rev.17:16 19:18; φαγεῖν, Re, ll. with (cf. κατεσθίειν, 4Ki.9:36, al., and βιβρώσκειν, frequently in l.); metaphorically, Jas.5:3; mystically, φ. (τρώγειν) τὴν σ. τοῦ υἱοῦ τ. ἀνθρώπου, Jhn.6:52-56; (b) Of the whole substance of the body, = σῶμα: Act.2:26 (LXX), 31, 2Co.12:7, Gal.4:14, Eph.5:29; μία σ., Mrk.10:8; εἰς σ. μίαν (Gen.2:24), Mat.19:5, Mrk.10:8, 1Co.6:16, Eph.5:31; hence, of the material as opposite to the immaterial part of man (cf. Lft., Notes, 88): opposite to πνεῦμα, 1Co.5:5, 2Co.7:1, Col.2:5, 1Pe.3:18, 4:6; to ψύχη, Act.2:31, Rec.; of the present life, ἐν (τῇ) σ., Rom.7:5, Gal.2:20, Php.1:22, 24 1Pe.4:2; of Christ's life on earth, αἱ ἡμέραι τ. σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ, Heb.5:7; of things pertaining to the body, ἐν (τῇ) σ., Gal.6:12, 13 Php.3:3, 4. 2. As in Heb. idiom, (a) of a living creature: πᾶσα σ. (Heb. כָּל־בָּשָׂר; cf. Bl., §47, 9), Mat.24:22, Mrk.13:20, 1Pe.1:24; esp. of man and his mortality (Psa.55 (56):5, Sir.28:5, al.), Jhn.1:14; πᾶσα σ. (see supr.), Luk.3:6, Jhn.17:2, Act.2:17, ἐν σ., 1Jo.4:2, 1Ti.3:16; (b) of natural origin and relationship (Gen.2:24, Isa.58:7, al.): τέκνα τῆς σ., Rom.9:8; κατὰ σάρκα, ib. 3, 5, 1Co.10:18, Gal.4:23, 29; ἡ σ. μου, Rom.11:14 (cf. Jdg.9:2, 2Ki.5:1, al.). 3. Of the physical nature as subject to sensation and desire (Plut.), (a) without any ethical disparagement: Rom.7:18 13:14; opposite to πνεῦμα, Mat.26:41, Mrk.14:38; τ. θέλημα τῆς σ., Jhn.1:13; ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῆς σ., 1Jn.2:16; pl., 2Pe.2:18; παθεῖν σαρκί, 1Pe.4:1; (b) in ethical sense, esp. in Pauline Epp., of the flesh as the seat and vehicle of sinful desires: opposite to νοῦς, Rom.7:25; to πνεῦμα, Rom.8:4-9, 12, 13, Gal.5:16, 17 19 6:8 (cf. DB, ii, 14f.; iv, 165f.; Cremer, 844ff.). (AS)
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G4561 — σάρξ
sarx · flesh · Greek
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Matthew 16:17 · σὰρξAnd Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.Matthew 19:5 · σάρκαAnd said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?Matthew 19:6 · σὰρξWherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.Matthew 24:22 · σάρξ·And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.Matthew 26:41 · σὰρξWatch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak.Mark 10:8 · σάρκα · σάρξ.And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.Mark 13:20 · σάρξ·And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.Mark 14:38 · σὰρξWatch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly [is] ready, but the flesh [is] weak.Luke 3:6 · σὰρξAnd all flesh shall see the salvation of God.Luke 24:39 · σάρκαBehold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.John 1:13 · σαρκὸςWhich were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.John 1:14 · σὰρξAnd 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 3:6 · σαρκὸς · σάρξThat which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.John 6:51 · σάρξI am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.John 6:52 · σάρκαThe Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?John 6:53 · σάρκαThen Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.John 6:54 · σάρκαWhoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.John 6:55 · σάρξFor my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.John 6:56 · σάρκαHe that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.John 6:63 · σὰρξIt is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life.John 8:15 · σάρκαYe judge after the flesh; I judge no man.John 17:2 · σαρκός,As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.Acts 2:17 · σάρκαAnd it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:Acts 2:26 · σάρξTherefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:Acts 2:31 · σὰρξHe seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.Romans 1:3 · σάρκα,Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;Romans 2:28 · σαρκὶFor he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:Romans 3:20 · σὰρξTherefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.Romans 4:1 · σάρκα;What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?Romans 6:19 · σαρκὸςI speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.Romans 7:5 · σαρκί,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 7:18 · σαρκίFor I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not.Romans 7:25 · σαρκὶI thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.Romans 8:3 · σαρκός, · σαρκὸς · σαρκί,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 8:4 · σάρκαThat the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.Romans 8:5 · σάρκα · σαρκὸςFor 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 8:6 · σαρκὸςFor to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.Romans 8:7 · σαρκὸςBecause the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.Romans 8:8 · σαρκὶSo then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.Romans 8:9 · σαρκὶBut 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 8:12 · σαρκὶ · σάρκαTherefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.Romans 8:13 · σάρκαFor if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.Romans 9:3 · σάρκα·For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:Romans 9:5 · σάρκα,Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.Romans 9:8 · σαρκὸςThat is, They which are the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.Romans 11:14 · σάρκαIf by any means I may provoke to emulation [them which are] my flesh, and might save some of them.Romans 13:14 · σαρκὸςBut put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].1 Corinthians 1:26 · σάρκα,For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:1 Corinthians 1:29 · σὰρξThat no flesh should glory in his presence.1 Corinthians 5:5 · σαρκός,To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.1 Corinthians 6:16 · σάρκαWhat? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.1 Corinthians 7:28 · σαρκὶBut and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.1 Corinthians 10:18 · σάρκα·Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?1 Corinthians 15:39 · σὰρξ · σὰρξ · σὰρξ · σὰρξAll 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 15:50 · σὰρξNow this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.2 Corinthians 1:17 · σάρκαWhen I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?2 Corinthians 4:11 · σαρκὶFor we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.2 Corinthians 5:16 · σάρκα· · σάρκαWherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we [him] no more.2 Corinthians 7:1 · σαρκὸςHaving therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.2 Corinthians 7:5 · σὰρξFor, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without [were] fightings, within [were] fears.2 Corinthians 10:2 · σάρκαBut I beseech [you], that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.2 Corinthians 10:3 · σαρκὶ · σάρκαFor though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:2 Corinthians 11:18 · σάρκα,Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.2 Corinthians 12:7 · σαρκί,And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.Galatians 1:16 · σαρκὶTo reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:Galatians 2:16 · σάρξ.Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.Galatians 2:20 · σαρκί,I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.Galatians 3:3 · σαρκὶAre ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?Galatians 4:13 · σαρκὸςYe know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.Galatians 4:14 · σαρκίAnd my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, [even] as Christ Jesus.Galatians 4:23 · σάρκαBut he [who was] of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman [was] by promise.Galatians 4:29 · σάρκαBut as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him [that was born] after the Spirit, even so [it is] now.Galatians 5:13 · σαρκί,For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.Galatians 5:16 · σαρκὸς[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.Galatians 5:17 · σὰρξ · σαρκός·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 5:19 · σαρκὸςNow the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,Galatians 5:24 · σάρκαAnd they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.Galatians 6:8 · σάρκα · σαρκὸςFor he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.Galatians 6:12 · σαρκί,As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.Galatians 6:13 · σαρκὶFor neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.Ephesians 2:3 · σαρκὸς · σαρκὸςAmong 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 2:11 · σαρκί, · σαρκὶWherefore remember, that ye [being] in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;Ephesians 2:14 · σαρκὶFor he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us];Ephesians 5:29 · σάρκαFor no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:Ephesians 5:31 · σάρκαFor 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 6:5 · σάρκαServants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;Ephesians 6:12 · σάρκαFor we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].Philippians 1:22 · σαρκί,But if I live in the flesh, this [is] the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.Philippians 1:24 · σαρκὶNevertheless to abide in the flesh [is] more needful for you.Philippians 3:3 · σαρκὶFor we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.Philippians 3:4 · σαρκί. · σαρκί,Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:Colossians 1:22 · σαρκὸςIn the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:Colossians 1:24 · σαρκίWho now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:Colossians 2:1 · σαρκί,For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and [for] them at Laodicea, and [for] as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;Colossians 2:5 · σαρκὶFor 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 2:11 · σαρκός,In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:Colossians 2:13 · σαρκὸςAnd you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;Colossians 2:18 · σαρκὸςLet no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,Colossians 2:23 · σαρκός.¶Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.Colossians 3:22 · σάρκαServants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:1 Timothy 3:16 · σαρκί,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.Philemon 1:16 · σαρκὶNot now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?Hebrews 2:14 · σαρκός,Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;Hebrews 5:7 · σαρκὸςWho in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;Hebrews 9:10 · σαρκὸς[Which stood] only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed [on them] until the time of reformation.Hebrews 9:13 · σαρκὸςFor if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:Hebrews 10:20 · σαρκὸςBy a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;Hebrews 12:9 · σαρκὸςFurthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?James 5:3 · σάρκαςYour gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.1 Peter 1:24 · σὰρξFor all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:1 Peter 3:18 · σαρκί,For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:1 Peter 3:21 · σαρκὸςThe like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:1 Peter 4:1 · σαρκὶ · σαρκὶForasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;1 Peter 4:2 · σαρκὶThat he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.1 Peter 4:6 · σαρκί,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.2 Peter 2:10 · σαρκὸςBut chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous [are they], selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.2 Peter 2:18 · σαρκὸςFor when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.1 John 2:16 · σαρκὸςFor all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.1 John 4:2 · σαρκὶHereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:2 John 1:7 · σαρκί·For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.Jude 1:7 · σαρκὸςEven as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.Jude 1:8 · σάρκαLikewise also these [filthy] dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.Jude 1:23 · σαρκὸςAnd others save with fear, pulling [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.Revelation 17:16 · σάρκαςAnd the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.Revelation 19:18 · σάρκας · σάρκας · σάρκας · σάρκας · σάρκαςThat ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all [men, both] free and bond, both small and great.Revelation 19:21 · σαρκῶνAnd the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which [sword] proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.