If that is true than anybody can stop you physically from being alive and breathing and kill your soul at the same time, that is not the case at all.
Matthew 10:28
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
I’m big on definitions. I’ve read the
soul = body + spirit.
However, verses like you reference call that into question. I don’t agree with
@Peterlag on this matter. And I suspect
Language Usage plays a roll in the confusion. Some people use soul and spirit interchangeably even though not precisely correct based on the above definition/equation.
There is only one immortal Spirit, the Spirit of God. He breathed his Spirit of Life into Adam and Eve, who propagate it on through the generations. That is, only temporally and bodily. When our body dies, our God given spirit returns to God.
Although we are made in the image of God, it does not mean we are God or fully make his Spirit our own spirit for our ego may push aside the spirit of God for our glory rather than his.
We cannot purge ourselves of self by our own will. We need Christ for that, God’s only mediator to us. We cannot help but be touched by God’s Spirit, since he made us. Again, being touched by, made in his image, does not mean we fully embrace his divine spirit.
Because of that rejection, the Spirit given to us returns to God - without Christ’s intervention. That’s my $0.02.
Hope that helps.