So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.

For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

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.”

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of 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.”

But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.

Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

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.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

For no word from God will ever fail.”

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you. Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

We love because He first loved us.

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

But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Give thanks to the God of heaven! His loving devotion endures forever.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

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.

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.

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.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”

A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.

For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.

With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. . . .

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. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.

Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.

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.”

The word of the LORD came to me, saying: “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.”

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song. The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.

For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them. Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.

But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.

Of David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong. For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants. Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it. . . .

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.