The Westminster Larger Catechism (1648)

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Q17. How did God create man?

After God had made all other creatures, he created man male and female;¹ formed the body of the man of the dust of the ground,² and the woman of the rib of the man,³ endued them with living, reasonable, and immortal souls;⁴ made them after his own image,⁵ in knowledge,⁶ righteousness, and holiness;⁷ having the law of God written in their hearts,⁸ and power to fulfill it,⁹ and dominion over the creatures;¹⁰ yet subject to fall.¹¹

1) Gen 1:27

2) Gen 2:7

3) Gen 2:22

4) Gen 2:7; Job 35:11; Eccl 12:7; Matt 10:28; Luke 23:43

5) Gen 1:27

6) Col 3:10

7) Eph 4:24

8) Rom 2:14-15

9) Eccl 7:29

10) Gen 1:28

11) Gen 3:6; Eccl 7:29

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Genesis 1:27

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

Genesis 2:7

7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 2:22

22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

Genesis 2:7

7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Job 35:11

11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

Ecclesiastes 12:7

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Matthew 10:28

28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Luke 23:43

43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Genesis 1:27

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

Colossians 3:10

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

Ephesians 4:24

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

Romans 2:14-15

14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:

15 Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

Ecclesiastes 7:29

29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

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Genesis 1:28

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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Genesis 3:6

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

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