Flesh And Blood

Σάρξ καὶ αἷμα , φησὶν, βασιλείαν Θεοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσουσι· τουτέστιν, οἱ σαρκικοὶ τὸν τρόπον ὑπάρχοντες ἔξω τῆς βασιλείας ῥιφθήσονται. Ὑμεῖς δὲ, φησίν, οἱ πιστοὶ, καὶ πνευματικοί , οὐκ ἐστὲ ἐν σαρκί , ἀλλ' ἐν πνεύματι. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ POB', Σωφρονι Τριβουνῳ Source: Migne PG 79.149c

'Flesh and blood,' he says, 'shall not inherit the kingdom of God,' 1 that is, those who hold to the way of the flesh shall be cast outside the kingdom. 'But you,' he says, 'are faithful and spiritual, and you are not in the flesh but in the spirit.' 2 Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 172 to Sophronius the Tribune 1 1 Cor 15.50 2 Rom 8.9