Man is a spirit with a soul that lives in a body

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FlyingDove

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1 Thes 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.
(NOTE: Your whole spirit and soul and body)

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.
(NOTE: God's word is quick, powerful & sharper than any two edged sword. Even able to pierce & divide soul & spirit,)

Spirit is the everlasting eternal part of each of us.

Soul is our thoughts & emotions that direct the actions we take. And functions only in relation with our body.

The body, well, look into a mirror.

Gen 2:7 The LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and "breathed" into his nostrils the "breath of life"; and man became a living soul.
(NOTE: GOD "breathed spirit into mans body & man became a living soul)

It's only a "living soul" in relation to & in conjunction with, the body.

When the body dies & the two are no longer one. Yet, the spirit continues to lives on.

A soul is something that breaths: https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5315.htm

A spirit doesn't have flesh, bones, lungs. (Lk 24:39)

Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Matt 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
(NOTE: A soul can be lost)

Our choice here to accept/embrace Christ's sin atoning payment & resurrection will determine whether we spend eternity in the presents of God our creator. Or to reject Christ's sin atoning payment & resurrection & spend eternity separated from Christ/God our creator.

Matt 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.