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NASB | 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ¶ Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ¶ Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [that is, separate you from profane and vulgar things, make you pure and whole and undamaged--consecrated to Him--set apart for His purpose]; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete and [be found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
Bible Question:
Can anyone explain this in simple terminology suitable for young teenagers? Is it, Body-Soul-Spirit or Body-Mind-Sprit or are the Spirit-Soul-Mind, one and the same? Please support your answer with Scriptural evidence not opinions. |
Bible Answer: Warning! Teenagers only listen to each other. So, if you are not one of them, explain it to one of them, and then let them help you pass it on to the others. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be all functioning optimally during that assignment. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be fully ready for that assignment. According to 1 Thessalonians 5:23, it is spirit and soul and body. In James 2:26 the body without the spirit is dead. In Eccl 12:7 at death, the body returns to the earth, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. The spirit is the real person, and the person inhabits the body. The body includes a brain that the person uses to think and to experience emotions. The spirit is the one that expresses the self by saying things like "I am here". I am here because my body is here. When I die, my body goes to the ground while I go to be with Christ. The person uses his mind to think and his body to express himself. In Scripture, if we focus on the words, it can be confusing. Man becomes a soul, yet he says, “My soul, wait upon the Lord“, “Soul, take thine ease”, etc. As a man thinks, so he is. John sees souls under an altar. Hannah rejoices in spirit but David is sad in his soul. Paul can be absent from a place but present in spirit. It would take a long time to explicate and separate these words. Giving you all the scriptures will not help, I think, unless we spend several pages explaining, and the Greek and the Hebrew will not ease the pain. When you see the words in the Bible you must look at the context very carefully and the intended meanings will be logical and obvious. Unless some of the scholars here disagree (and we would not want to confuse you by giving you differing answers) I think I know what you should say to your friends. As they listen to you they are spirits listening to you with their physical ears and using their minds to think and feel, and if they are impressed or confused they may even feel it in their bodies. If they think too hard they may have headaches, and if they are amused or confused they may express it with their facial muscles and their vocal cords. The three parts (spirit, mind, and body) are separate, but they work together quite well. They had better keep it together or they are dead. Mind and my soul are the same thing. Sometimes in Scripture the words are used interchangeably. The writers do not seem to care whether they are talking about spirit or soul or body, because either way they are talking to you. But spirit is the real you, mind is the thinking feeling part, and the body is what you see. What a wonderful God our God is! It is he who has made us (Psalm 100) and we are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139). We should use our minds and our mouths to glorify him (Romans 15:6). Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be all together and functioning optimally during that assignment. |
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