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evangelist said:

So are you assuming the bible contradicts itself?

Of course not. The Bible is the holy, infallible, inerrant, authorative Word of God.

In these situations we have to marry the various verses to derive at the true teaching. Often, there are only one agreed upon meaning in Christian orthodoxy. In the case between the dichotomy and trichotomy of man, Christians have differ when marrying the various verses. Still, I think the strongest arguments can be made for the two-fold constitution of man. Man has a material part and an immaterial part. How would the differences between the soul and spirit be made?

John Chaney

"having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith . . ." Colossians 2:7