| 单词 | sins of the flesh |
| 释义 | > as lemmassins of the flesh 11. The sensual appetites and inclinations as antagonistic to the nobler elements of human nature. In theological language (after St. Paul's use of σάρξ) applied more widely to the depraved nature of man in its conflict with the promptings of the Spirit. sins of the flesh: esp. those of unchastity. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > the fleshly nature of man fleshc1200 carrion1377 flesh-lusta1400 sensualityc1405 fleshlinessa1425 blooda1599 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > baser part of character > opposed to spiritual fleshc1200 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > kinds of sin > [noun] > original fleshc1200 original sinc1350 falla1400 birth poison1528 birth sin?1546 fall from grace1560 lapse1659 lapse from grace1687 birth stain1820 felix culpa1963 c1200 Vices & Virtues (1888) 23 And folȝeð hire flesches wille. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rom. viii. 8 Thei that ben in fleisch, mown not plese to God. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋279 If þat a man wiþstonde..þe firste entisynges of his fleisshe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10103 Ic am..wit thrin fas bi-thrett, þis werld, my fleche, þe warlau als. c1500 New Not-broune Mayd 237 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. III. 11 The devyll, his flesshe, The worlde all fresshe, Provoke hym day and nyght. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. ix. 391 I know what Flesh will object. a1729 S. Clarke Serm. (1730) III. xiv. 322 Disapproving the opinions of those whom a man sincerely thinks to be in the wrong, is not a work of the Flesh, but the necessary Duty of a Christian. 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 10 By..conquering penance of the mutinous flesh. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 423 Things which tend to the gratification of the flesh. < as lemmas |
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