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Calvin's Institutes: February 25
The opening movements of this chapter press the reader into an uncomfortable but necessary clarity: Scripture leaves no corner of the human soul untouched by corruption, neither intellect nor will, neither desire nor judgment. Calvin walks carefully but relentlessly through the biblical witness, showing that what Scripture calls “flesh” is not merely bodily appetite but the whole unregenerate person—mind included—set in opposition to God. Even the apparent virtues of the best pagans cannot overturn this verdict. What looks like moral excellence is restrained corruption, not healed nature…
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