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Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 17

Question 17

How did God create man?

After God had made all other creatures, he created man male and female; formed the body of the man of the dust of the ground, and the woman of the rib of the man, endued them with living, reasonable, and immortal souls; made them after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness,and holiness; having the law of God written in their hearts, and power to fulfil it, and dominion over the creatures; yet subject to fall.

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Genesis 1:27

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

Genesis 2:7

7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

Genesis 2:22

22And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

Job 35:11

11who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’

Ecclesiastes 12:7

7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Matthew 10:28

28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Luke 23:43

43And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

Colossians 3:10

10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

Ephesians 4:24

24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Romans 2:14-15

14Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

15So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them

Ecclesiastes 7:29

29Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

Genesis 1:28

28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

Genesis 3:6

6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

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