I have pointed out in another post that Paul speaks in several places of "sin" (hAMARTIA) as "an evil alien that lives in our muscles."
I've also blogged about how Paul sees a sharp dichotomy between the "flesh" (which is the clay body) and the "breath" (commonly mistranslated as "spirit").
Now I have discovered who "Mr. Sin" is... he is "the mind of the flesh." In Paul's view of things, the body has a mind of its own:
Romans 5:
5 For 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.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because ***the carnal mind*** is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
See? To Paul, the body has its own mind, which is concerned with its own interests. This "flesh-mind" is none other than the evil Dr. Moriarty, Lex Luthor, the Joker and of course, "Mr. Sin!"
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