I (we) am (are) made in the image of God. . .
“Then 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 birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and
over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’
So
God created man in his own image
In
the image of God he created him;
male
and female he
created
them.
And
God blessed them…”
Genesis 1:26-28a
. . .and as such, I (we) have intrinsic worth.
“Whoever
sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his
own image.”
Genesis 9:6
“For
man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God. . .”
1 Corinthians 11:7
“With
it [the tongue] we bless our Lord and
Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.”
James 3:9
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