Reference: Psychology
Hastings
The Bible does not contain a science of psychology in the modern sense; but there is a definite and consistent view of man's nature from the religious standpoint. This being recognized, the old dispute, whether it teaches the bipartite or the tripartite nature of man, loses its meaning, for the distinction of soul and spirit is not a division of man into soul and spirit along with his body or flesh, but a difference of point of view
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then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
in admitting foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, to be in my sanctuary, profaning my temple, when you offer to me my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant, in addition to all your abominations.
"Thus says the Lord GOD: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, shall enter my sanctuary.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
And looking intently at the council, Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day."
So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.
They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them
but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? read more. Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
I am speaking the truth in Christ--I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit--
For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.
For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you--
To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.
(which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.