What

does a human consist of poll...

Body, Soul and Spirit

Should not be thought of as 3 distinct, separable parts of man. Scripture allows a separation between the body and the spirit, but body, spirit and soul are all necessary to make the ‘real’ you - they are the different aspects of a person.

Body Soma Gk.)

1. Essential part of the ‘real You’.
2. Created good (Genesis 1:31)
3. Body of death and decay because of sin (Romans 7:24)
4. God intends to give us a new immortal, spiritual body like Christ’s glorious body (Phil. 3:21)
5. Temple of the Holy Spirit
6. Used as a means whereby moral values in the soul may be expressed.

Soul (nep hesh, physce) Wind, breath, blowing - the manifestation of the immaterial part of man towards the earth.
Spirit (Ruach, pneuma). The manifestation of the immaterial part of man towards God.
Separate in thought but often used interchangeably within the Bible (Acts 2:27: 7:59) Soul & Spirit are like two sides of a coin.

Origin of the Soul - Spirit

1. Pre-existence (Plato, Origen) - no scriptural support.
2. Creation (most popular) - the soul is created be God and joined to the body at conception, or sometimes prior to birth - (Ecc 12:7; Is. 57:16; Zech. 12:1)

HOWEVER - Other Scriptures refer to God forming the body (Ps. 139:13-15), and this theory doesn’t explain why the human spirit is inherently sinful.

3. Traducian theory - The human race was created in Adam, and is propagated from him by natural regeneration - body and spirit. This helps us explain why we inherit a sinful nature.

So for this poll, you have three options of which to choose...

Is man body only;

body and soul/spirit where soul and spirit are the same thing;

or body, soul and spirit whereby each are separate essences of humanity...


This is for a paper I am writing on the Imago Dei (man as the image of God), and will help in my research...

Blessings and peace...