May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    In this case the spirit speaks of the inner man, the soul speaks to his physical life or breath, and the body speaks to his casing or house. [cf Genesis 2:7] Often the term soul, (the physical life of man) is used figurative or metaphorically for the inner man, the spirit. Sometimes it simply refers to people, cf. Acts 2:41.