2:15–16).10 Christians do not live in the flesh in that sense because people who live in the flesh fail to inherit the kingdom of God (Gal 5:19–21). But Christians battle against the flesh (Gal 5:16–17, 24; cf. 1 Pet 2:11). The flesh is not like a dog that the Christian can weaken and possibly kill by starving it, nor is the flesh an equal opponent to the Spirit, who opposes the flesh and ultimately triumphs over it. Rather, the flesh is the Christian’s sinful disposition, and the Christian and the