The New Testament was written in Greek. Doctrine | theology based on the conflation of ζωή zoe (life) with ζάω zao (to be alive | to live), is faulty. Think Biblically.

Breath of Life [ ζωή zōē ]

THE LIVING [ZAO]  GOD who is THE FATHERpossesses life [zoe] in Himself. He created all things by and through His WORD and omnipresent SPIRIT who is THE BREATH OF LIFE [zōē].  

Greek Septuagint translation of Genesis 2:7: 

καὶ ἔπλασεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον χοῦν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐνεφύσησεν εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ πνοὴν ζωῆς καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἄνθρωπος εἰς ψυχὴν ζῶσαν. 

The words in English:

"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, 

Life [zōē]:"and breathed (spirit) into his nostrils the breath (spirit) of life [zoe];"
Living | Alive [zaō]:"and man became a living [zao] soul. [psuche]." *

Breath of Life [zoe]To live | to be Alive [zao]
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THE LIVING [ZAO]  GOD