With all your heart vs. with all your soul vs. with all your mind vs. with all your strength

 

With all your heart vs. with all your soul vs. with all your mind vs. with all your strength

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30

Item	Meaning	Distinction	Example	Application	Interrelationship	Related Scriptures
Whole Heart	The center of man’s inward being, representing love and focus; the source of motive involving mind, will, and emotion.	Emphasizes the origin of loving God; the root of all.	Peter saying three times, “Lord, You know that I love You” (John 21:15–17).	Guard the heart above all (Prov. 4:23); keep motives pure before God.	Governs the soul’s three parts (mind, will, emotion); like arteries needing to be cleared.	Mark 12:30; Prov. 4:23; Jer. 24:7; Rom. 10:9–10
Whole Soul	The person’s personality: mind, will, and emotion.	Emphasizes the entire person turned to God, not just the motive.	David: “Bless the LORD, O my soul” (Ps. 103:1).	Turn thoughts, decisions, and emotions to God in daily life.	Flows from the heart; the soul expresses the love originating in the heart.	Mark 12:30; Ps. 103:1; 1 Thes. 5:23
Whole Mind	The thinking faculty of the soul: reasoning and concepts.	Emphasizes renewed thinking; avoiding natural concepts that hinder love for God.	A believer’s view of marriage and family changes from natural to spiritual.	Pray for light to expose natural thoughts and confess them.	A part of the soul; if not renewed, it becomes an “arterial blockage” in loving God.	Mark 12:30; Rom. 12:2; Eph. 4:23; 2 Cor. 10:5
Whole Strength	Human physical energy and outward actions.	Emphasizes practical outward expression of loving God.	Paul labored more abundantly than all the apostles  (1 Cor. 15:10).	Use time, resources, and energy to serve and glorify God.	If not supported by heart, soul, and mind, may degrade into legalism or fleshly effort.	Mark 12:30; Eccl. 9:10; 1 Cor. 6:20; Rom. 12:1

 

Conclusion:

• Whole Heart → origin of love
• Whole Soul → scope of love
• Whole Mind → renewal of love
• Whole Strength → expression of love

Together, they form a complete flow: 

Heart (source) → Soul (personality) → Mind (renewal) → Strength (expression), resulting in a life fully permeated with love for God.

 

*Please refer to the June 2025 Summer Training, General Topic: Experiencing, Enjoying, and Manifesting Christ (III), Chapter 5, for the reasons for our blameless holiness and the reasons for our complete sanctification of spirit, soul, and body.