weakness of the flesh

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"It used to be called 'Monk's disease,' coming from the effort to measure up to a great task against the weakness of the flesh," Quinn said.

From Time Magazine Archive

But that I have often found a difficult matter, partly on account of the weakness of the flesh, and partly also on account of bodily infirmities and multiplicity of engagements.

From A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, First Part by Müller, George

All to-day I have been tortured like a soul that beholds its salvation lost by a moment's weakness of the flesh.

From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by Gissing, George

The strength of faith had to triumph over the weakness of the flesh.

From George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God by Pierson, Arthur T. (Arthur Tappan)

Sin arises from the weakness of the flesh, the desire of the heart, and accordingly in the first instance from an error of judgment.

From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann