Question 6

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Section 1: Introduction

Did God then make man so wicked and perverse?

Nota so, but rather he made him good, and to his ownb Image; that is, indued with true Righteousness and Holiness, that he might rightly know God his Creator, and heartily love him, and live with him blessed for ever, and that to laud and magnifyc him.

Did God then make man so wicked and perverse?

Nota so, but rather he made him good, and to his ownb Image; that is, endowed with true Righteousness and Holiness, that he might rightly know God his Creator, and heartily love him, and live with him blessed for ever, and that to laud and magnifyc him.

  1. a. Genesis 1:31

    Genesis 1:31

    1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

    1:31 And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning-the sixth day.

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  2. b. Genesis 1:26–27

    Genesis 1:26–27

    1:26 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. 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

    1:26 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." 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

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  3. c. 2 Corinthians 3:18; Colossians 3:10; Ephesians 4:24

    2 Corinthians 3:18

    3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

    3:18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

    Colossians 3:10

    3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

    3:10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

    Ephesians 4:24

    4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

    4:24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

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Changes from Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 6

Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 6

Did God then create make man so wicked and perverse?

By no means; Not so, but God created man rather he made him good, and after to his own Image; in that is, indued with true Righteousness and true Holiness, that he might rightly know God his Creator, and heartily love him, and live with him in eternal happiness to glorify blessed for ever, and that to laud and praise magnify him.

Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 6

Did God then create man so wicked and perverse?

By no means; but God created man good, and after his own image, in righteousness, and true holiness, that he might rightly know God his Creator, heartily love him, and live with him in eternal happiness to glorify and praise him.

An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Question 6

Did God then make man so wicked and perverse?

Not so, but rather he made him good, and to his own Image; that is, indued with true Righteousness and Holiness, that he might rightly know God his Creator, and heartily love him, and live with him blessed for ever, and that to laud and magnify him.

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