But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. (Romans 13:14 KJV)
Adams Clarke
Make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. By flesh we are here to understand, not only the body, but all the irregular appetites and passions which led to the abominations already recited (such as rioting, drunkenness, chambering, wantonness, strife, envying, etc). No provision should be made for the encouragement and gratification of such a principle as this. The lusts of the flesh include rioting, drunkenness, prostitutions, and uncleanness, mentioned, Ro 13:13, to make provision for which the Gentiles lived and laboured, and bought and sold, and schemed and planned; for it was the whole business of their life to gratify the sinful lusts of the flesh. Their philosophers taught them little else; and the whole circle of their deities, as well as the whole scheme of their religion, served only to excite and inflame such passions, and produce such practices. But we Christians are not to be like them.
Matthew Poole
Make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof: by flesh, here, some understand the corrupt nature; others, the body. When he says, make not provision for the flesh, he doth not mean, that they should not provide things necessary for the body; this is allowed, Eph 5:29; 1Ti 5:23; we are no where commanded to neglect or macerate our bodies; but he means, that we should not gratify it in its sinful lusts or lustings: see 1Co 11:27. Sustain it we may, but pamper it we may not: we must not care, cater, or make projects for the flesh, to fulfil its inordinacics and cravings.