AC 3927 - temptations

AC 3927
. . . for temptations are nothing else than wrestlings
of the internal person with the external,
or of the spiritual person with the natural;
for each desires to rule,
and when dominion is in question,
combat arises . . ..

For when a person is in temptations,
his internal or spiritual person is ruled by the Lord through angels;
but his external or natural person through infernal spirits;
and the combat between them
is that which is perceived by the person as temptation.
When a person is such in faith and life that he can be regenerated,
he will conquer in temptations;
but when he is such that he cannot be regenerated,
he yields in temptations.