Created in God's image, humans possess inherent dignity and worth, as seen in Genesis 1:27, where both male and female are made in His likeness. According to Genesis 2:7, God formed humanity from the dust of the earth and breathed life into them, giving them a unique spiritual dimension. The Psalms, such as Psalms 139:13-16, celebrate the intricate and intentional nature of human creation, while Romans 12:2 urges believers to renew their minds and conform to God's will. Isaiah 13:12 also highlights the value of human life, emphasizing God's concern for His people.
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So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Then 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.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me? Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust? Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese? You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
Then 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.”
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.