Byron's personal writings reveal vividly his family relationships, friendships, interests, and concerns
Letters and Journals: "The flesh is frail." 1818-1819
The Flesh is Frail
The Flesh Is Frail. Paul said, “I am carnal.” A better translation is, “I am of flesh.” He was not using flesh to refer to his physical body, but to the principle of human frailty, especially our sinful selfishness, which remains with ...
The Works of Thomas Shepard: First Pastor of the First Church, Cambridge, Mass. : with a Memoir of His Life...
So, many men judge honestly, yet simply, upon such a ground of themselves: they say, they strive against their sins, but, Lord be merciful unto them, they say, the flesh is frail. And hence Arminius gives a diverse interpretation of the ...