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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: I was wondering when we die what actually goes to heaven if we are a believer, soul or spirit? The reason I ask is I believe they are distinctly different. When our body is resurrected is our soul in heaven with the spirit, or is our soul resurrected with the body? Thanks in advance, Terri |
Bible Answer: Mr 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Soul is often used in scripture to refer to the spirit of a man. Is man three parts, in a sense yes. You do have a body, which is promised a redemption and eternity, you do have a soul which is that eternal part of you just as your spirit. What is the difference between soul and spirit if any. The only difference is when you use both words in the same sentence. If I say I have been born again in my spirit and I have the mind of Christ and am being transformed by the renewing of my mind I am referring to the change in my spirit which is complete and does not change over time and I am referring to the soul in that that sanctification of my soul or inner revelation or growth in the spirit, continues to grow brighter and brighter. To say the soul is the mind is too simple and inaccurate. My mind has memories of past sins, This is not my soul this is my flesh brain. My spiritual mind is my soul and it is that which is deeper than the fleshly brain. Can you define the difference between the soul and spirit. Not easily. The Word of God is sharper than any two edge sword and it can divide between soul and spirit. The soul and the spirit are not seperable. The body that we have now can be seperated from our soul/spirit, but the Body which we will have will not be seperate. The soul is never seperate from the spirit, not in this life or the one to come. The soul is the spirit and spirit is the soul. 3Jo 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. Here the Paul prays for the physical needs of the believer to be as blessed as his spiritual needs grouping all things spiritual under the word soul 1Th 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here he refers to that which is of the mind when he uses the world soul in the same sentence with spirit and soul and body The mind not of the flesh brain memories but the mind as it relates to the spiritual revelation and conscience that the Holy Spirit speaks to and controls if we let him by humble faith and repentance. It may teach well to draw three circles and say man is spirit soul and body, but calling the soul the mind is too simple and does not correctly convey the depths of the biblical use of soul. |