old Adam

noun

(in Christian theology) human nature lacking in grace; humans in their unredeemed state.

Origin of old Adam

First recorded in 1540–50

Then the old Adam broke out, and he made what he called a "camp-fire" at the bottom of the garden.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard Kipling
old Adam wanted two thousand dollars, they say, if he could only get them; but he could not, not a rap.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange Kielland
We are born the sons of the old Adam as we are re-born the sons of the New.
The Chalice Of Courage | Cyrus Townsend Brady
Beneath his frosted exterior there was a good deal of the old Adam yet.
Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] | J. Ewing Ritchie
If a boy had behaved as I did, it would have been called the "old Adam" in him.
Daisy | Miranda Eliot Swan

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