37 Therefore, care not for the body, neither the life of the body; but care for the soul, and for the life of the soul.
Discussion
This scripture throws me off some. I read it through and on the surface and it looks like it could mean that I don't have to worry about those second servings of ice cream or chocolate anymore, after all, it says "care not for the body, neither the life of the body." It talks about caring more for the soul. Which makes sense because our current physical bodies are just temporal in nature and in the resurrection they will be perfected regardless of who we are or what we did to them.
That covers the saved from physical death part. But there's also spiritual death which is more significant for our eternal outcome. This is also the main meaning behind this particular scripture as it advises us to focus our souls which brings the more spiritual matter into it. So I'm all good up until here. I'll eat that extra piece of fried chicken and then finish my wife's fries that she's not going to eat. As long as I'm in line with the commandments of God and repenting appropriately, I'm good to go.
But then I come back to the word soul, which is the combination of the body and the spirit. So if I am to worry about the soul, I still have to worry about my body. But is this referring to our current physical bodies (the temporal one) or the resurrected ones? Because I really would like that extra helping of mac n' cheese...
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