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GUIDE TO THE SCRIPTURES
Flesh
Flesh has several meanings:1 the soft tissue that makes up the bodies of mankind, animals, fowls, or fish;2 mortality; or3 the physical or carnal nature of man.
Carnal nature of man: Cursed be the man that makes flesh his arm, Jer. 17: 5. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak, Mark 14: 38. The lust of the flesh is not of the Father, 1 Jn. 2: 16. Nephi was sorrowful because of his flesh and iniquities, 2 Ne. 4: 17-18, 34. Do not reconcile yourselves to the devil and the flesh, 2 Ne. 10: 24.
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