Creation of Man
The Image of God
Anthropology · 5 verses
Man was created in the image and likeness of God, endowed with rationality, morality, and spirituality that distinguish humanity from all other earthly creatures. This image, though marred by sin, was not destroyed in the Fall and forms the basis for human dignity. It consists primarily in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, which are restored in believers through regeneration.
Scripture References
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
“And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:”
“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”
“Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.”
“Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.”