I only have a minute here, so will post a brief elaboration of a previous post I had made:
Another consideration (when viewing 1 Corinthians 2:14 and its
context [incl'g 3:1 re: saved persons]) is how the word
"G5591 - psuchikos" is used elsewhere (and distinct from "G5446 -
phusikos" and how that is elsewhere used [linked below])
[quoting]
G5591 -
psuchikos - "Definition: natural, of the soul or mind
Usage: animal, natural, sensuous." ..."soulish" [
or 'of the senses' (mind/will/emotions)]
"5591
psyxikós (an adjective, derived from 5590 /
psyxḗ, "soul, natural identity") – properly, soulish, i.e. what is natural, as it relates to physical (tangible) life alone (i.e. apart from God's inworking of faith)."
"natural, sensual.
From
psuche; sensitive, i.e. Animate (
in distinction on the one hand from
pneumatikos, which is the higher or renovated nature;
and on the other from phusikos [G5446], which is the lower or bestial nature) -- natural, sensual."
[end quoting; source: Bible Hub; some brackets mine, bold mine]
G5591 - psuchikos -
https://biblehub.com/str/greek/5591.htm
G5590 -
psuché -
https://biblehub.com/str/greek/5590.htm
G5446 -
phusikos -
https://biblehub.com/str/greek/5446.htm "Cognate: 5446
physikós (an adjective, derived from 5449 /
phýsis, "nature") – natural, describing the behavior of an unregenerate person, i.e. a nature lacking divine transformation (salvation). See 5449 (
physis)." [source: Bible Hub]
--"soul" ['soulish'] pertains to the "mind/will/emotions"... things that can (and need to) be "renewed"
after we are saved, and what is to be [increasingly] "conformed to the image of His Son" (Rom8:27,29; see
also 2Cor3:18 "beholding... the glory of [the risen/glorified/exalted] Lord..."); in other words, once we are "saved," we are not instantly [and completely]
perfected [body &
soul (
beside spirit)] at that same moment
[other than positionally / legally]