Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

From him [Christ] the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.

Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.

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

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

The arrogance of man will be brought low and the pride of men humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day, and the idols will totally disappear.

All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.” Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

Woe to him who builds his realm by unjust gain to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of ruin!

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