“And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. — believers' incorporation into Christ ('ta Christou Iēsou') entails 'stauroo sarka' (crucifying the flesh), a mystical participation in Christ's cross that severs the flesh's dominion; passion and desire are nailed to the cross, losing operative power.
Church Fathers on Galatians 5:24
“And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.” That they might not object, “And who is such a man as this?” he points out by their works those who have attained to this perfection, here again giving the name of the “flesh” to evil actions. He does not mean that they had destroyed their flesh, otherwise how were they going to live? For that which is crucified is dead and inoperative, but he indicates the perfect rule of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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