There are three debilitating effects of Original Sin: a darkening of the intellect, a weakening of the will, and a diminished unity of body and soul. Galatians 5:16-17 speaks to the third effect of Original Sin: "But I say: Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the laws of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you would."
In itself, that might suggest to some that the spirit and the flesh are essentially antagonistic or irreconcilable. That was the Manichaean view: the body and soul are created by different supernatural entities who are at cross-purposes.
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