Summary of text [comment] page 13.

Paul sees “sin” [sin(conscience^lacking)] as preceding transgression [sin].  Every “sin” is opposed to the Holy Spirit [think^divine].  “Sin” hardens the “heart” [think₃(₂(conscience₁))].  See Eph 4:3; Rom 8:14 and Gal 5:19-21.

He who lives in “sin” is “carnal” and “of the flesh” [denying law^essential₃(appeasing₂(dispositions₁))].

The concept of “flesh” is the summary of “what man is under sin”.

[As indicated with the brackets interspersing the summary of the text, elements of the intersecting nested forms parallel Paul’s comments.

Two words have powerful associations:

“heart” : think₃(_₂(conscience₁))

The “heart” is purely theoretical in this association.  That is, think₃(_₂(conscience₁) is a purely theoretical concept.  It cannot become actual unless specified.

“Heart” is concrete only when specified in a super-ego or tautological fashion.

A “hardened heart” is think^group₃(_₂( conscience^lacking₁).

An “open heart” is think^divine₃(_₂(conscience^free₁).

“flesh” : a denial of law^essential₃(_₂(disposition₁))

The “flesh” has multiple associations.  “Flesh” presumes a think^group and conscience^lacking that facilitates sins that emerge from one’s dispositions.  “Flesh” denies the consequences (law^essential) of those sinful acts as well as appeases the dispositions.  “The denial of law^essential₃” puts the transgression into context.

Of course, law^essential remains “what it is” as the consequences or contextualization of the transgressions.  It cannot be articulated in the symbolic order of the think^group.]