understood, as in ch 7, as the tension between two competing powers, not two parts of the same self. Paul is not talking about the conflict between two “natures” in the human self. The human problem is that as flesh we are contested territory in the conflict between two powers vying for sovereignty over us. The contest is actually Sin vs. Spirit. However, Sin disguises itself in the attractive guise of its willing host—the Flesh—which is nothing more than humanity serving merely human ends. Deceived