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Westminster Shorter Catechism, Question 10

Question 10

How did God create man?

God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

Scripture references for paragraph 1

Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.

Genesis 1:26-28

26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

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

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.”

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.

Source and edition

Westminster Shorter Catechism. NonlinearFruit/Creeds.json, Unlicense. Creeds.json, English transcription

Unlicense. Source transcription.

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