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    • Even the New Catholic Encyclopedia (Vol. 13, p. 449) admits, under the heading “Soul (in the Bible)”:

      “There is no dichotomy [division] of the body and soul in the [Hebrew Scriptures]. . . . The term nepes, though translated by our word soul, never means soul as distinct from the body.”

  • What Happens to Us When We Die
    Good News—To Make You Happy
    • In all of the 850 or more occurrences of neʹphesh and psy·kheʹ in the Bible, there is not one case where they are modified by such terms as immortal, indestructible, imperishable, deathless, or the like.

      “The soul [neʹphesh] that is sinning​—it itself will die.” “Any soul [psy·kheʹ] that does not listen . . . will be completely destroyed.” (Ezekiel 18:4; Acts 3:23)

      The soul (neʹphesh, psy·kheʹ) does not live on after death.

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