GOD'S WILL AND GOD'S PLAN

What is the difference between God's Will and God's plan?

God's Will generally refers to His desires, moral commands, and character (e.g., loving others, holiness), which are universal and sometimes resistible by human choice. 

God's Plan represents His overarching, sovereign orchestration of history and individual lives, ensuring ultimate purpose is fulfilled despite, or through, human actions.

Definition & Scope:

Will: Expresses what God desires to happen (His "will of command" or moral law).

Plan: Refers to what God decrees will ultimately come to pass, often called his "sovereign will".

Flexibility & Human Choice:

Will: Humans can, and often do, disobey God's will (e.g., sin, disobedience).

Plan: God’s plan is infallible and incorporates both good and evil actions to achieve His goal, even when those actions are against His moral will.

Nature:

Will: Focuses on holiness, obedience, and how to live daily.

Plan: Focuses on the grand purpose of redemption and reconciliation.

Relationship to Evil:

Will: God’s will is never evil, brokenness, or sin.

Plan: God can allow and use the consequences of evil within His larger plan for a greater good.

Summary Table
God's Will (Desire/Command) 
God's Plan (Sovereign/Decree)

Examples:

God's will - "Love your neighbor"  But Joseph was betrayed by his brothers

God's plan - Genesis 50:20 CSB  You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people.

Key Nuance:
The Difference: You can be outside of God's perfect "will" (disobeying a command), yet still be within His overall "plan" (used for a purpose).

LET US REASON

Isaiah 1:18 KJV  Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Reason together = H3198  יָכַח  yâkach  yaw-kakh'
A primitive root; to be right (that is, correct); reciprocally to argue; causatively to decide, justify or convict: - appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct (-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove (-r), surely, in any wise.

QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED

Mat_17:25  “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes? From their sons or from strangers?”
Mat_18:12  What do you think? If someone has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go and search for the stray?
Mat_21:28  “What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘My son, go work in the vineyard today.’
Mat_22:42  “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They replied, “David’s.”

“Why is it you don’t understand that when I told you, ‘Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees,’ it wasn’t about bread?”  Matthew 16:11 CSB

“Why do you look at the splinter in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the beam of wood in your own eye?”  Matthew 7:3 CSB

“Why are you afraid, you of little faith?”  Matthew 8:26 CSB

“Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts?”  Matthew 9:4 CSB

“Why do you break God’s commandment because of your tradition?”  Matthew 15:3 CSB

“But you,” He asked them, “who do you say that I am?”  Matthew 16:15 CSB

Isaiah 28:9-13 NLT
9  “Who does the LORD think we are?” they ask. “Why does he speak to us like this? Are we little children, just recently weaned?
10  He tells us everything over and over—one line at a time, one line at a time, a little here, and a little there!”
11  So now God will have to speak to his people through foreign oppressors who speak a strange language!
12  God has told his people, “Here is a place of rest; let the weary rest here. This is a place of quiet rest.” But they would not listen.
13  So the LORD will spell out his message for them again, one line at a time, one line at a time, a little here, and a little there, so that they will stumble and fall. They will be injured, trapped, and captured.

Quote from David Guzik's commentary on Isaiah 28:9-13:

a. With stammering lips and another tongue He will speak to this people: If the simple, straightforward message is rejected, God will find another way to communicate to the hard-hearted. He will send unusual messengers to bring the word.
b. This is the rest... this is refreshing: The message of rest and deliverance would be rejected (they would not hear). But it wasn’t the fault of the word of the LORD – the word of the LORD was to them, “Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.”
i. This is the blessed way to present God’s word: precept upon precept, line upon line. Isaiah takes the taunt of the drunkards and receives it as a compliment. God’s messengers are to present all of God’s word (without skipping a line), and to present it simply.
ii. This also implies that we can’t receive all aspects of God’s message at once. “It is an excellent thing that the gospel is taught us by degrees. It is not forced home upon men’s minds all at once, but it comes thus, ‘Precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little.’ God does not flash the everlasting daylight on weak eyes in one blaze of glory, but there is at first a dim dawn, and the soft incoming of a tender light for tender eyes, and so by degrees we see.” (Spurgeon)
c. That they might go and fall backward and be broken and snared and caught: In fact, the result of the faithful presentation of the word of the LORD for those who reject isn’t good for them. It will result in their destruction.

Consider:
Five blind men who had never seen or heard of an elephant had contact with one.  One of the men had hold of his tail, the other a leg. As they described the creature, what they said was totally contradictory.  The same with the next two: one had hold of the trunk and the other had his hands on the ivory tusk.  The fifth was being fanned by the large floppy ear.  Who was right and who was wrong?  When they came together to reason through the contradictions, they realized that all of their observations combined to bring about a more complete picture of the animal before them.

So it is with scripture.  We all see in part.  

1 Corinthians 13:12 NLT  Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.

John 16:7-13 KJV
7  Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8  And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9  Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10  Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11  Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
12  I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13  Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Dig deeper:

God knows the end from the beginning.
God is Love.  Love cannot fail.
Jesus endured the cross because of the joy set before Him. What was the joy?
God will wipe away all tears.  Rev. 7:17; 21:4
Rich man and Lazarus – Luke 16:19-31
God's will vs. God's plan
Difference between sheep and goats as applied to people and nations
Scriptural definition of:  eternal; hell; destruction; damnation; judgment; brimstone
Timing
Purpose of the fire: judgment, correction, torture, example, vengeance
God's character as reflected in the law. 

 

What is the Jewish or Hebrew concept of Gehenna?

Gehinnom (or Gehenna) in Jewish tradition is primarily

a temporary, spiritual, or symbolic place of purification and judgment for the soul after death, rather than a place of eternal damnation. Rooted in the literal "Valley of Hinnom" (Gei-ben-Hinnom) near Jerusalem—a site associated with ancient idolatry, child sacrifice, and eventual garbage burning—it evolved into a concept of "purgatory" or a "smoldering valley" lasting up to 12 months for most sinners.

Core Concepts of Gehinnom

Purification and Time Limits: Unlike the Christian concept of Hell, most souls spend a maximum of 12 months in Gehinnom to be purified from earthly sins before entering Olam Ha-Ba (the World to Come).

A Place of Rehabilitation: It is often described in Rabbinic literature not as a torture chamber, but as a place where the soul is ashamed of its sins, enduring a painful rehabilitation process.

"Second Death" for the Wicked: While typical sinners are rehabilitated, some, such as heretics or those who cause the community to sin, may face total annihilation rather than temporary punishment, according to some Talmudic views.

Literal vs. Metaphorical: Historically based on a cursed, burning garbage valley, it became a metaphor for the profound regret and shame of recognizing one's sins against God.

Usage Examples in Jewish Sources

Talmud (Shabbat 33b): Describes how long different types of sinners remain in Gehinnom, often citing 12 months as the maximum duration for many.

Mishnah Eduyot 2:10: Mentions "the judgment of Gehenna is twelve months," setting a standard for traditional belief.

Midrash (Genesis Rabbah 4:6): Mentions that Gehinnom was created on the second day of creation, suggesting it is a fundamental aspect of the world's structure, not an afterthought.

While some later Jewish mystics developed more vivid images, the core Jewish concept emphasizes redemption and rehabilitation over eternal punishment.

Eternal punishment is punishment connected to the Aon or age during punishment and the word punishment in Greek is colasis and colasis means chastisement or correction.

Matthew 25:46 KJV+

46 And^G2532 these^G3778 shall go away^G565 into^G1519 everlasting^G166 punishment:^G2851 but^G1161 the^G3588 righteous^G1342 into^G1519 life^G2222 eternal.^G166

Matthew 25:46 YLT

46 And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'

 

Notes on God's Will

Titus 1:1-2 CSB
1  Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,
2  in the hope of eternal (G166) life (G2222) that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

Isaiah 46:9-10 CSB
9  Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and no one is like me.
10  I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: my plan will take place, and I will do all my will.

What is His will?

1 Timothy 2:3-4 KJV
3  For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4  Who will (G2309) have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

G2309  θέλω, ἐθέλω  thelō    ethelō  thel'-o, eth-el'-o
Either the first or the second form may be used. In certain tenses θελέω theleō    thel-eh'-o (and ἐθέλέω  etheleō eth-el-eh'-o) are used, which are otherwise obsolete; apparently strengthened from the alternate form of G138; to determine (as an active voice option from subjective impulse;  whereas G1014 properly denotes rather a passive voice acquiescence in objective considerations), that is, choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication to wish, that is, be inclined to (sometimes adverbially gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism to delight in: - desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, -ling [ly]).
Thayer Definition:
1) to will, have in mind, intend
1a) to be resolved or determined, to purpose
1b) to desire, to wish
1c) to love
1c1) to like to do a thing, be fond of doing
1d) to take delight in, have pleasure
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: apparently strengthened from the alternate form of G138


1 John 5:13-17 KJV
13  These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
14  And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will (G2307), he heareth us:
15  And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

G2307  θέλημα  thelēma  thel'-ay-mah
From the prolonged form of G2309; a determination (properly the thing), that is, (actively) choice (specifically purpose, decree; abstractly volition) or (passively) inclination: - desire, pleasure, will.
Thayer Definition:
1) what one wishes or has determined shall be done
1a) of the purpose of God to bless mankind through Christ
1b) of what God wishes to be done by us
1b1) commands, precepts
2) will, choice, inclination, desire, pleasure
Part of Speech: noun neuter

Isaiah 45:21-25 CSB
21  Speak up and present your case—yes, let them consult each other. Who predicted this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but me, a righteous God and Savior; there is no one except me.
22  Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth. For I am God, and there is no other.
23  By myself I have sworn; truth has gone from my mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow to me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
24  It will be said about me, ‘Righteousness and strength are found only in the LORD.’” All who are enraged against him will come to him and be put to shame.
25  All the descendants of Israel will be justified and find glory through the LORD.

Romans 14:9-12 KJV
9  For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
10  But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11  For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess(G1843) to God.
12  So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Philippians 2:9-11 CSB
9  For this reason God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,
10  so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow—in heaven and on earth and under the earth—
11  and every tongue will confess (G1843) that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

G1843  ἐξομολογέω  exomologeō
Thayer Definition:
1) to confess
2) to profess
2a) acknowledge openly and joyfully
2b) to one’s honour: to celebrate, give praise to
2c) to profess that one will do something, to promise, agree, engage
Part of Speech: verb

1 Corinthians 12:3 NKJV
3  Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.


Numbers 14:11-16 NKJV
11  Then the LORD said to Moses: "How long will these people reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them?
12  I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they."
13  And Moses said to the LORD: "Then the Egyptians will hear it, for by Your might You brought these people up from among them,
14  and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, LORD, are among these people; that You, LORD, are seen face to face and Your cloud stands above them, and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
15  Now if You kill these people as one man, then the nations which have heard of Your fame will speak, saying,
16  'Because the LORD was not able to bring this people to the land which He swore to give them, therefore He killed them in the wilderness.'

Jeremiah 7:31 NKJV
31  And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.

Jeremiah 32:35 NKJV
35  And they built the high places of Baal which are in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I did not command them, nor did it come into My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.'

What is the purpose of fire?

Malachi 3:1-3 KJV
1  Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
2  But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
3  And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

Deuteronomy 33:2 NKJV
2  And he said: "The LORD came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, And He came with ten thousands of saints; From His right hand came a fiery law for them.

Isaiah 33:14-15 NKJV
14  The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: "Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?"
15  He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil:

Hebrews 12:29 NKJV
29  For our God is a consuming fire.


Revelation 21:8 KJV
8  But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone (G2303): which is the second death.

What is brimstone and what is it for?  Word study below:

G2303
θεῖον
theion
Thayer Definition:
1) brimstone
1a) divine incense, because burning brimstone was regarded as having power to purify, and to ward off disease
Part of Speech: noun neuter
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: probably of G2304 (in its original sense of flashing)

G2304  θεῖος  theios  thi'-os
From G2316; godlike (neuter as noun, divinity): - divine, godhead.

G2316  θεός  theos  theh'-os
Of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively a magistrate; by Hebraism very: - X exceeding, God, god [-ly, -ward].
Total KJV occurrences: 1343

Thayer Definition:
1) a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities
2) the Godhead, trinity
2a) God the Father, the first person in the trinity
2b) Christ, the second person of the trinity
2c) Holy Spirit, the third person in the trinity
3) spoken of the only and true God
3a) refers to the things of God
3b) his counsels, interests, things due to him
4) whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way
4a) God’s representative or viceregent
4a1) of magistrates and judges
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity

Image and Likeness

 Image and Likeness/Male and Female

Genesis 1:26-27 NKJV

26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Image = H6754 צלם tselem tseh'-lem

From an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, that is, (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence a representative figure, especially an idol: - image, vain shew.

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Likeness = H1823 דְּמוּת d^emûth dem-ooth'

From H1819; resemblance; concretely model, shape; adverbially like: - fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Proverbs 1:20 NKJV

20 Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares.

Wisdom = H2454 חַכְמוֹת    חָכְמוֹת chokmôth    chakmôth khok-moth', khak-moth'

Collateral forms of H2451; wisdom: - wisdom, every wise [woman].

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Psalms 51:11 NKJV

11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

Spirit = H7307 רוּח rûach

BDB Definition:

1) wind, breath, mind, spirit

1a) breath

1b) wind

    1b1) of heaven

        1b2) quarter (of wind), side

            1b3) breath of air

                 1b4) air, gas

                     1b5) vain, empty thing

1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)

    1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour

        1c2) courage

            1c3) temper, anger

                1c4) impatience, patience

                    1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)

                        1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse

                             1c7) prophetic spirit

1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)

    1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God’s spirit, departing at death, disembodied being

1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)

    1e1) desire

        1e2) sorrow, trouble

1f) spirit

    1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts

        1f2) rarely of the will

            1f3) as seat especially of moral character

1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son

    1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy

        1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning

            1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power

                1g4) as endowing men with various gifts

                    1g5) as energy of life

                        1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory

                            1g7) never referred to as a depersonalized force

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Isaiah 11:2 NKJV
2 The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.

Spirit Ruach H7307 Noun Feminine

Spirit of the Lord Yahweh H3068 Proper Name

Spirit of Wisdom Chokmah H2451 Noun Feminine

Spirit of Understanding Biynah H998 Noun Feminine

Spirit of Counsel ‘Etsah H6098 Noun Feminine

Spirit of Might G’buwrah H1369 Noun Feminine

Spirit of Knowledge Da’ath H1847 Noun Neutral

Spirit of Fear / Awe Yir’ah H3374 Noun Feminine

Matthew 11:19 NKJV

19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."

"Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you. Isaiah 49:15 NKJV

I will meet them like a bear deprived of her cubs; I will tear open their rib cage, And there I will devour them like a lion. The wild beast shall tear them. Hosea 13:8 NKJV

"I have held My peace a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in labor, I will pant and gasp at once. Isaiah 42:14 NKJV

As a mother comforts her son, so I will comfort you, and you will be comforted in Jerusalem. Isaiah 66:13 CSB

*Like an eagle that rouses her chicks and hovers over her young, so he spread his wings to take them up and carried them safely on his pinions. Deuteronomy 32:11 NLT *(other translations use his or its)

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! Matthew 23:37 NKJV

Transformation Part 3: We are the Clay, He is the Potter

But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand. Isaiah 64:8 NKJV

But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. Isaiah 43:1 NKJV

The Hebrew word for potter in Isaiah 64:8 is the same word translated as formed in Genesis 2:7

But now,^H6258 O LORD,^H3068 thou^H859 art our father;^H1 we^H587 are the clay,^H2563 and thou^H859 our potter;^H3335 and we all^H3605 are the work^H4639 of thy hand.^H3027 Isaiah 64:8 KJV+

potter, formed = H3335 יָצַר yâtsar yaw-tsar' probably identical with H3334 (through the squeezing into shape); (compare H3331); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively to determine (that is, form a resolution): -    X earthen, fashion, form, frame, make (-r), potter, purpose.

And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 formed^{H3335 (H853)} man^H120 of the dust^H6083 of^H4480 the ground,^H127 and breathed^H5301 into his nostrils^H639 the breath^H5397 of life;^H2416 and man^H120 became^H1961 a living^H2416 soul.^H5315 Genesis 2:7 KJV+

In Genesis 1:27 God created man and in Genesis 2:7 He formed man.

In Isaiah 43:1, the LORD created Jacob and then formed Israel.

But now^H6258 thus^H3541 saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 that created^H1254 thee, O Jacob,^H3290 and he that formed^H3335 thee, O Israel,^H3478 Fear^H3372 not:^H408 for^H3588 I have redeemed^H1350 thee, I have called^H7121 thee by thy name;^H8034 thou^H859 art mine. Isaiah 43:1 KJV+

So God^H430 created^{H1254 (H853)} man^H120 in his own image,^H6754 in the image^H6754 of God^H430 created^H1254 he him; male^H2145 and female^H5347 created^H1254 he them. Genesis 1:27 KJV+

And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 formed^{H3335 (H853)} man^H120 of the dust^H6083 of^H4480 the ground,^H127 and breathed^H5301 into his nostrils^H639 the breath^H5397 of life;^H2416 and man^H120 became^H1961 a living^H2416 soul.^H5315 Genesis 2:7 KJV+

create = H1254 בָּרָא bârâ' baw-raw' A primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes): - choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).

In Ancient Hebrew “bara” means to fill or the filling up of something as the filling of the earth in Genesis 1 with sun, moon, plants, animals, etc. And the filling of man with life and the image of God.

And^G2532 so^G3779 it is written,^G1125 The^G3588 first^G4413 man^G444 Adam^G76 was made^G1096 a^(G1519) living^G2198 soul;^G5590 the^G3588 last^G2078 Adam^G76 was made a quickening^G2227 spirit.^G4151  1 Corinthians 15:45 KJV+

soul = G5590 ψυχή psuchē psoo-khay' From G5594; breath, that is, (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew [H5315], [H7307] and [H2416]: - heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.

spirit = G4151 πνεῦμα pneuma pnyoo'-mah From G4154; a current of air, that is, breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively a spirit, that is, (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, daemon, or (divine) God, Christ’s spirit, the Holy spirit: - ghost, life, spirit (-ual, -ually), mind. Compare G5590.

quickening = G2227 ζωοποιέω zōopoieō dzo-op-oy-eh'-o From the same as G2226 and G4160; to (re-) vitalize (literally or figuratively): - make alive, give life, quicken.

It is^G2076 the^G3588 spirit^G4151 that quickeneth;^G2227 the^G3588 flesh^{G4561 (G3756)} profiteth^G5623 nothing:^G3762 the^G3588 words^G4487 that^G3739 I^G1473 speak^G2980 unto you,^G5213 they are^G2076 spirit,^G4151 and^G2532 they are^G2076 life.^G2222 John 6:63 KJV+

Then^G3767 Simon^G4613 Peter^G4074 answered^G611 him,^G846 Lord,^G2962 to^G4314 whom^G5101 shall we go?^G565 thou hast^G2192 the words^G4487 of eternal^G166 life.^G2222 John 6:68 KJV+

But^G1161 the angel^G32 of the Lord^G2962 by^G1223 night^G3571 opened^G455 the^G3588 prison^G5438 doors,^G2374 and^G5037 brought them forth,^{G1806 G846} and said,^G2036 Go,^{G4198 (G2532)} stand^G2476 and speak^G2980 in^G1722 the^G3588 temple^G2411 to the^G3588 people^G2992 all^G3956 the^G3588 words^G4487 of this^G5026 life.^G2222 Acts 5:19-20 KJV+

Jesus is The Word:

In^G1722 the beginning^G746 was^G2258 the^G3588 Word,^G3056 and^G2532 the^G3588 Word^G3056 was^G2258 with^G4314 God,^G2316 and^G2532 the^G3588 Word^G3056 was^G2258 God.^G2316 John 1:1 KJV+

And^G2532 the^G3588 Word^G3056 was made^G1096 flesh,^G4561 and^G2532 dwelt^G4637 among^G1722 us,^G2254 (and^G2532 we beheld^G2300 his^G846 glory,^G1391 the glory^G1391 as^G5613 of the only begotten^G3439 of^G3844 the Father,)^G3962 full^G4134 of grace^G5485 and^G2532 truth.^G225 John 1:14 KJV+

Jesus is the Life:

Jesus^G2424 saith^G3004 unto him,^G846 I^G1473 am^G1510 the^G3588 way,^G3598 the^G3588 truth,^G225 and^G2532 the^G3588 life:^G2222 no man^G3762 cometh^G2064 unto^G4314 the^G3588 Father,^G3962 but^G1508 by^G1223 me.^G1700 John 14:6 KJV+

Christ in us is the hope of glory:

To whom^G3739 God^G2316 would^G2309 make known^G1107 what^G5101 is the^G3588 riches^G4149 of the^G3588 glory^G1391 of this^G5127 mystery^G3466 among^G1722 the^G3588 Gentiles;^G1484 which^G3739 is^G2076 Christ^G5547 in^G1722 you,^G5213 the^G3588 hope^G1680 of glory:^G1391 Colossians 1:27 KJV+

Glorification is the final step in the path of the believer. It begins with justification, moves on to sanctification and is completed with glorification.

"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it." ' Revelation 2:17 NKJV

Just as Jacob overcame and received the new name of Israel, all who overcome will receive a new name representing their new identity.

Ephesians 3:20-21 NLT
20  Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.
21  Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.