who we are

¹⁰For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.

⁹But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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

¹See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we would be called, and would become, the sons of God. Because of this, the world does not know us, for it did not know him. ²Most beloved, we are now the sons of God. But what we shall be then has not yet appeared. We know that when he does appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

¹⁶Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you?

¹⁷So if anyone is a new creature in Christ, what is old has passed away. Behold, all things have been made new.

³⁷But in all these things we overcome, because of him who has loved us.

¹³For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother. ¹⁴I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. Your works are miraculous, as my soul knows exceedingly well.

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.

²⁶For you are all sons of God, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus.