The Point of Reference

In Paul's theology, 'flesh' and 'spirit' are not anthropological components, but redemptive historical realities. To be 'in the flesh' is to have one's point of reference in his perishing age. To be 'in the Spirit' is to have one's point of reference on the New Creation, which Christ in his resurrection is and anticipates, and of which we, if we are in Christ, are made partakers of.