Tom,

This topic has been discussed here several times before, no? scratchchin

William Hendriksen in his commentary on I and II Thessalonians, pp. 146-150 has an extensive footnote where he discusses this subject; trichotomy vs. dichotomy. I am providing a copy of that entire note in a .pdf document for those who would be interested in reading it.

Download/view it here: Hendriksen’s notes on 1 Thessalonians 5:23.


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