Introduction
Note #1: This is a preliminary collation (Draft 1.0) of 112 biblical passages that potentially relate to our being “embodied-souls.” God designed us not just as physical bodies; not just as non-physical souls; but as embodied-souls. “Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being” (Genesis 2:7). Some of the 112 passages are more directly related to this topic—(such as Genesis 2:7, for example), while others may be more indirectly related (covering general issues of God’s creation of humanity, for example).
Note #2: Additionally, each of these passages must be examined in their biblical context (biblical theology) and then related to one another in the overall flow and development of the scriptural doctrine of “anthropology” (systematic theology).
Note #3: For a comprehensive look at how to develop a theology of a biblical counseling issue, see Figure 1 (Toward a Biblical Theology of Biblical Counseling) at the end of this document. For a full development of this process of developing a theology of a biblical counseling issues, see my two chapters (chapters 10-11) in Scripture and Counseling: God’s Word for Life in a Broken World.
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