Question 6

Did God then create man so wicked and perverse?

By no means; but God created man good,^a and after his own image, in righteousness,^b 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.^c

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; Colossians 3:10; Ephesians 4:24

   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.

   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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3. c. Ephesians 1:6; 1 Corinthians 6:20

   Ephesians 1:6

   ^1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

   ^1:6 to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

   1 Corinthians 6:20

   ^6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

   ^6:20 you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

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