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Pieman333272
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Does the New Testament, specifically Paul, teach that there are 2 separate yet interacting entities which are the body and soul/mind/spirit for each person?
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Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Ro 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Eph 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Col 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Sure, Paul speaks of a dualism between the flesh and spirit. However, the degree that they are co-mingled or separate is debated to the point of heretical exclusion particularly when speaking of the nature of Christ.
The dualism does not say that the flesh is sinful by its nature, but that fallen flesh, that is, desires of the flesh placed before the Word of God, is sinful. We could share the same flesh with Christ, but our fallen and his not since he always placed the Word first.
Ro 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Eph 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Col 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Sure, Paul speaks of a dualism between the flesh and spirit. However, the degree that they are co-mingled or separate is debated to the point of heretical exclusion particularly when speaking of the nature of Christ.
The dualism does not say that the flesh is sinful by its nature, but that fallen flesh, that is, desires of the flesh placed before the Word of God, is sinful. We could share the same flesh with Christ, but our fallen and his not since he always placed the Word first.
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Man Is A Dual Being
Man is made up of body and soul. The soul and the spirit of man are used interchangeably many times in the Scriptures, as can be seen from such passages as Luke 1:46-47 (Cf. Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, p. 520). Pursuing this line of thought, the soul and spirit will be used interchangeably in this writing. Is man a dual being, made up of body and spirit? First, from the Old Testament, observe the account of the death of Rachel, about which it is said, “and as her soul was departing (for she died) . . .” (Gen. 35:18-19). The text says therefore, that her soul departed the body when she died! If, as some claim, the soul is the breath, they must explain how there can be life without breath (Lk. 1:41). Again, if the body is the whole of man, then the ridiculous assertion would be that Rachel’s body left her body! Something had to exist apart from Rachel’s body in order to leave it. That something is the soul which made its abode in the body. The body, as the dwelling place for the spirit, is referred to in the Scriptures as a “tabernacle” (2 Cor. 5:1). If, as in the case of the son of the widow of Zarephath, Rachel’s soul had returned to her body, she would have lived again (1 Kings 17:22), for she, like all humans was made of body and soul.
Man is made up of body and soul. The soul and the spirit of man are used interchangeably many times in the Scriptures, as can be seen from such passages as Luke 1:46-47 (Cf. Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, p. 520). Pursuing this line of thought, the soul and spirit will be used interchangeably in this writing. Is man a dual being, made up of body and spirit? First, from the Old Testament, observe the account of the death of Rachel, about which it is said, “and as her soul was departing (for she died) . . .” (Gen. 35:18-19). The text says therefore, that her soul departed the body when she died! If, as some claim, the soul is the breath, they must explain how there can be life without breath (Lk. 1:41). Again, if the body is the whole of man, then the ridiculous assertion would be that Rachel’s body left her body! Something had to exist apart from Rachel’s body in order to leave it. That something is the soul which made its abode in the body. The body, as the dwelling place for the spirit, is referred to in the Scriptures as a “tabernacle” (2 Cor. 5:1). If, as in the case of the son of the widow of Zarephath, Rachel’s soul had returned to her body, she would have lived again (1 Kings 17:22), for she, like all humans was made of body and soul.
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