image of god
What does the Bible say about image of god? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
13 passages · most helpful first
27And God created man to his own image; to the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them.
26And he said: “Let us make Man to our image and likeness. And let him rule over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and the wild beasts, and the entire earth, and every animal that moves on the earth.” 27And God created man to his own image; to the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them.
6Whoever will shed human blood, his blood will be poured out. For man was indeed made to the image of God.
26And he said: “Let us make Man to our image and likeness. And let him rule over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and the wild beasts, and the entire earth, and every animal that moves on the earth.”
10and clothe yourself with the new man, who has been renewed by knowledge, in accord with the image of the One who created him,
3And since the Son is the brightness of his glory, and the figure of his substance, and is carrying all things by the Word of his virtue, thereby accomplishing a purging of sins, he sits at the right hand of Majesty on high.
4As for them, the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, would not shine in them.
7Certainly, a man ought not to cover his head, for he is the image and glory of God. But woman is the glory of man.
18Yet truly, all of us, as we gaze upon the unveiled glory of the face of the Lord, are transfigured into the same image, from one glory to another. And this is done by the Spirit of the Lord.
15He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature.
24and so put on the new man, who, in accord with God, is created in justice and in the holiness of truth.
29For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined, in conformity with the image of his Son, so that he might be the Firstborn among many brothers.
9By it we bless God the Father, and by it we speak evil of men, who have been made in the likeness of God.