Doctrine to be Rejected # 27: "That there is no sin in the flesh." Bro. Stone denies that there is such a thing as sin in the flesh. He believes it is merely a figurative description. Note the way he objects to considering sin in the flesh to be a phrase. Note the way he breaks up the term, to give it a moral, instead of a physical relationship. And note the contrast with the truth as outlined by bro. Roberts below.

Bro. Roberts deals with the subject this way in his Magazine. "Question: 'What do you mean by 'sin in the flesh''. Answer: David by the Spirit says (Psa. 51:5), 'I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me'...'Sin in the flesh,' which is Paul's phrase, refers to the same thing. It is what Paul also calls 'sin that dwelleth in me' (Rom. 7:17), adding, "I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing.' Now, what is this element called 'uncleanness,' 'sin,' 'iniquity,' etc?...There is a principle, element or peculiarity in our constitution which leads to the decay of the strongest and healthiest. Its implantation came by sin, for death came by sin; and the infliction of death and the implantation of this peculiarity are synonymous things. Because the invisible, constitutional, physical inworking of death in us came by sin, that inworking is termed 'sin.' It is a principle of weakness and uncleanness and corruption. For this reason, it is morally operative; for whatever affects the physical affects the moral. If no counterforce were brought into play, its presence would subject us to the uncontrolled dominion of disobedience, through the constitutional weakness and impulse to sin.. The body of the Lord Jesus was this same unclean nature in the hand of the Father."