THE SPIRIT [pneuma] TO THE HUMAN MIND
1. Acts 14:2 "And made their minds [life-soul-psukee] evil affected" King James Version. The Gentiles were turned against the brothers in this life, not against immortal inter parts of the brothers.
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"And poisoned their minds [psukee] against the brothers" New International Version 2. "But my mind [pneuma] c ould not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there"
[2 Corinthians 2:13] New Revised Standard
Version.
3. Hebrews 12:3 "Lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds [life-soul-psukee]" King
James
Version.
4. "Because his spirit [pneuma] has been refreshed by you all" [2
Corinthians 7:13].
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"Because his mind [pneuma] has been set at rest by all of you" New Revised Standard Version
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"You have all helped to set his mind [pneuma] completely at rest" Revised English Bible
5. "And that you be renewed in the spirit [pneuma] of your mind" [Ephesians 4:23].
Even in the theology of today, what is “the spirit of you mind”?
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"To be made new in the attitude [pneuma] of your mind" New International Version 6. "And that you be renewed in the spirit [pneuma] of your mind"
[Ephesians 4:23].
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"To be made new in the attitude [pneuma] of your mind" New International Version 7. Matthew 22:37 "And he said unto him, you shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart, and with all your soul [life-soul-psukee], and with all your mind." Mark 12:30 "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul [life-soul-psukee], a nd with all your mind, and with all your strength."
8. "Blessed are the poor in spirit [pneuma]" [Matthew 5:3]. Poor in a no substance immortal spirit?
9. Mark 12:33 "And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength [life-soul-psukee] [soul in King James Version], and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices." Luke
10:27 "And he answering said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul [life-soul-psukee], and with all your strength, and with all your
mind; and your neighbor as
thyself."
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In the parallel passages in Mark and Luke, the same word [psukee] is translated
"strength" in one and
"soul" in the other.
10. 2 Corinthians 12:15 "Will most gladly spend and be spent for you [life-soul-psukee]" King James Version.
"For though absent in body, I am present in spirit [pneuma]" [Colossians 2:5].
Was his immortal spirit in one place and his body was in another while he was alive? If so, then the immortal spirit can leave the body when it wants to and the body can live without it, but James tells us that the body without the spirit is dead
[James 2:26]. Was Paul‘s body dead for a time while his spirit was gone to be at Colossae? No, he was saying he was with them in his thoughts and heart, not that an immortal spirit had left his body, went to Colossae, and returned.
11. Colossians 3: 23 " Whatsoever you do, work heartily [life-soul-psukee], as unto the Lord." Whatsoever you do, work soul [pneuma], as unto the Lord?
12. "Walked we not in the same spirit [pneuma]? Walked we not in the same steps?" [2
Corinthians 12:18]. Did they all have only one immortal soul or spirit?
13. "Restore such a one in a spirit [pneuma] of gentleness" [Galatians 6:1].
14. "May give unto you a spirit [pneuma] of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him" [Ephesians 1:17]. Would they not have already had an immortal soul; if another one was given to them would they have two?
15. Ephesians 6:6 "Not in the way of eye service, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart [life-soul-psukee]."
"Doing the will of God from an immortal soul"?
16. "That you stand fast in one spirit [pneuma]" [Philippians 1:27].
17. "A meek and quiet spirit [pneuma]" [1 Peter 3:4].
[3] PASSAGES WITH PSUKEE
USED REFERRING A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
In Old English, and even today souls is used to mean persons or life. A newspaper reporting a shipwreck in which fifty people drown would say, "Fifty souls were lost." People were called ―souls‖ about twenty-five times in the King James.
1. Acts 2:41-43 " They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added [unto them] in that day about three thousand souls [psukee-person]. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers. And fear came upon
every soul [psukee-every person]: and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles."
"About three thousand persons [psukee] " New Revised Standard Version
"About three thousand people [psukee] " Today's English Version
"About three thousand were added to their number" New International Version
"Three thousand were added to the number of believers" Revised English Bible
"About three thousand people [psukee] were added to the number of believers" New Century Version
"Three thousand were added that day" New American Bible
"About 3,000 in all" The Living Bible
"About 3,000 people [psukee] were added" Simple English Bible
"About three thousand people [psukee] were added" Good News For Modern Man.
11. Colossians 3: 23 " Whatsoever you do, work heartily [life-soul-psukee], as unto the o
Some translations leave psukee out, just as we would say, "Three thousand persons were saved," or "Three thousand were saved"
"And fear came upon every soul [life-soul-psukee]." [Acts 2:43 King James Version].
"Everyone" New
American Standard Version, New Revised Standard Version, New International Version 2. Acts 7:14 "And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls [life-soul-psukee]."
"And all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five in all" New Revised Standard Version.
"And his whole family, seventy-five in all" New International Version
"Seventy-five person in all [psukee]" New American Bible
"Seventy-five person in all [psukee]" Revised English Bible 3. Acts 27:37 "And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls
[life-soul-psukee]." Also Acts 27:10; 27:22.
"Two hundred seventy-six persons [psukee] " New Revised Standard Version
"Two hundred and seventy-six of us [psukee]" Revised English Bible 4. 1 Peter 3:19-20 "In which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison, that aforetime were disobedient, when the long suffering of God waited in the days of
Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls [life-soul-psukee], were saved through water."
"Eight persons [psukee] were brought safely through the water" New American Standard Bible
"Eight persons [psukee] were saved through water" New Revised Standard Version.
"In it only a few people [psukee] , eight in all" New International Version
"A few persons [psukee], eight in all" New American Bible 5. Matthew 11:29 "You shall find rest unto your souls [life-soul-psukee]."
"You will find rest for your lives [psukee]." New Century Version 6. Luke 1:46 "And Mary said, my soul [life-soul-psukee] does magnify the Lord."
7. Luke 2:35 "Yea and a sword shall pierce through your own soul [life-soul-psukee] ."
"And you [psukee] too will be pierced to the heart" Revised English Bible 8. Luke 21:19 "In your patience you shall win your souls [life-soul-psukee]."
"By standing firm you will save yourselves [psukee] " New International Version
"By patient endurance you will save your lives [psukee]" New American Bible
"By standing firm you will win yourselves life [psukee]" Revised English Bible 9. John 10:24 "The Jews therefore came round about him, and said unto him, how long do you hold us [life-soul-psukee] in suspense?" This has a reference to suspense in this life, not to suspense in life after death; they were being held in suspense then, not after death.
10. Acts 4:32 "And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and
soul [life- soul-psukee] ...they had all things common." They were all united, but were not all one immortal being; not one immortal soul with many bodies.
"All the believers were one in heart and mind [psukee] " New International Version.
11. Acts 14:22 " Confirming the souls [life-soul-psukee] of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God."
12. Romans 2:9 " Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul [life-soul-psukee] of man that works evil."
"There will be anguish and distress for everyone" [psukee] New Revised Standard Version
"There will be trouble and distress for every human being [psukee]" New International Version
" Anguish will come upon every man [psukee]" New American Bible
"For every human being [psukee]" Revised English Bible 13. Romans 13:1 "Let every soul [life-soul-psukee] be in subjection to the
Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls [life-soul-higher powers." Every immortal soul subject to world governments?
"Let every person [psukee]" New Revised Standard Version
"Let everyone [psukee]" New American Bible
"Every person [psukee]" Revised English Bible 14. 1 Corinthians 15:45 "So also it is written, the first man Adam became a living soul
[life-soul-psukee]. The last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.
"THE FIRST MAN, ADAM, BECAME A LIVING BEING [PSUKEE]" NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION
"THE FIRST MAN ADAM BECAME A LIVING BEING [PSUKEE]" NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
"ADAM, BECAME A LIVING CREATURE [PSUKEE]" REVISED ENGLISH BIBLE
15. 2 Corinthians 1:23 "But I call God for a witness upon my soul [life-soul-psukee], that to spare you I come no more unto Corinth."
"But I call on God as witness against me [psukee] " New Revised Standard Version 16. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 "And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul [life-soul-psukee] and body be preserved entire, without blame at
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."
17. Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul [life-soul-psukee] and spirit."
18. Hebrews 6:19 "Which we have as an anchor of the soul [life-soul-psukee] ."
"We have that hope as an anchor for our lives" [psukee]" Revised English Bible 19. Hebrews 13:17 "For they watch in behalf of your souls [life-soul-psukee]
"They keep watch over you [psukee]" New International Version 20. James 1:21 "Receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your
souls [life-soul-psukee]."
"Which can save you [psukee]" New International Version
"With its power to save you [psukee]" Revised English Bible 21. 1 Peter 1:9 "Receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of [your]
souls [life- soul-psukee]."
"Your [psukee] salvation" New American Bible 22. 1 Peter 1:22 "Seeing you have purified your souls [life-soul-psukee]
in your obedience to the truth."
"Now that you have purified yourselves [psukee]" New International Version
"You have purified yourselves [psukee]" New American Bible 23. 1 Peter 2:25 "For you were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the
Shepherd and Bishop of your souls [life-soul-psukee]."
24. 1 Peter 4:19 "Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls [life-soul-psukee] in well-doing unto a faithful Creator."
"Trust themselves [psukee] to a faithful Creator" New Revised Standard Version
"Entrust their lives [psukee] to a faithful Creator" New American Bible 25. 2 Peter 2:8 " For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul [life-soul-psukee] from day to day with
[their] lawless
deeds."
"Felt himself [psukee] tormented by seeing and hearing about the lawless deeds." New American Bible
26. 2 Peter 2:14 "Enticing un-steadfast souls [life-soul-psukee] having a heart exercised
in covetousness; children of cursing."
"They seduce the unstable" New International Version
17. Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-27. 26. 3 John 2 "Beloved, I pray that in all things you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul [life-soul-psukee] prospers."
[4] PASSAGES WITH PSUKEE
APPLIED TO GOD OR CHRIST.
1. Matthew 12:18 "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my
soul [life-soul-psukee] is well pleased."
"My loved one in whom I [psukee] delight" New American Bible
"My beloved, in whom I [psukee] take delight" Revised English Bible 2. Matthew 26:38 "Then said he unto them, My soul [life-soul-psukee] is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide you here, and watch with me."
Mark 14:34 "And he
said unto them, My soul [life-soul-psukee] is exceeding sorrowful even unto
death:
abide you here, and watch."
"Then he said to them, ' I [psukee] am deeply grieved, even to death'" Matthew 26:38 New Revised Standard
Version
"My heart [psukee] is nearly broken with sorrow" New American Bible
"My heart [psukee] is ready to break with grief" Revised English Bible 3. Matthew 20:28 "Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his LIFE [life-soul-psukee] a ransom for many."
Mark 10:45
