ISB ~ 1 Thessalonians 5 v23

spirit and soul and body:Paul is emphasizing the wholeness of the person without intending to make precise distinctions between his component parts. A certain distinction can be made, however, if we understand the body as the material frame, the soul as its immaterial principle of life, and the spirit as the human capacity for prayer and worship (Rom 1:9; 1 Cor 14:15; CCC 367).