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- What Is a Soul? | Bible Questions - JW. ORG
The word “soul” in the Bible is a translation of the Hebrew word neʹphesh and the Greek word psy·kheʹ The Hebrew word literally means “a creature that breathes,” and the Greek word means “a living being ” a The soul, then, is the entire creature, not something inside that survives the death of the body
- The Soul - JW. ORG
The prophet Ezekiel, whom God used to write a portion of the Bible, stated that a soul can be punished with death On another occasion, the Bible uses the term “dead soul” to describe a corpse (Leviticus 21:11, footnote) Clearly, the Bible does not teach that the soul is immortal “The soul who sins is the one who will die ” —Ezekiel
- “Soul” and “Spirit” —What Do These Terms Really Mean? - JW. ORG
Jesus gave his soul, or life, in behalf of mankind In these Bible passages, or in the footnotes, the word “soul” clearly refers to the life of a person You will find more examples of this sense of “soul” either in the text or in the footnotes found at 1 Kings 17:17-23; Matthew 10:39; John 15:13; and Acts 20:10
- Is Reincarnation in the Bible? - JW. ORG
Belief in reincarnation is based on the teaching of the immortality of the soul a However, the Bible teaches that the soul is the entire person and is thus mortal ( Genesis 2:7 , footnote; Ezekiel 18:4 ) At death, a person ceases to exist
- Do Animals Go to Heaven? Is There a Dog Heaven or a Pet Heaven? - JW. ORG
(Numbers 31:28) When the first man, Adam, was created, he was not given a soul but “became a living soul ” (Genesis 2:7, footnote) A soul is composed of two things: the “dust from the ground” and “the breath of life ”
- Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Question of Blood - JW. ORG
That was in offering it up as a sacrifice to God, acknowledging him as the Life-Giver to whom they were indebted He told them: “The soul of the flesh is in the blood, and I myself have put it upon the altar for you to make atonement for your souls, because it is the blood that makes atonement by the soul [or life] in it ” —Leviticus 17:11
- “You Must Love Jehovah Your God” —Matt 22:37 | Study - JW. ORG
8 If we love God with our whole heart, soul, and mind, we will be diligent students of his Word, will wholeheartedly serve his purposes, and will zealously declare the good news of the Kingdom ( Matt 24:14; Rom 12:1, 2 ) True love for Jehovah will draw us ever closer to him
- What Does the Bible Say About Blood Transfusions?
God told Noah: “Only flesh with its soul—its blood—you must not eat ” This command applies to all mankind from that time on because all are descendants of Noah Leviticus 17:14 “You must not eat the blood of any sort of flesh, because the soul of every sort of flesh is its blood Anyone eating it will be cut off ”
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