why god created man
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7And each one who calls upon my name, I have created for my glory. I have formed him, and I have made him.
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.”
21This is the people whom I have formed for myself. They will speak my praise.
10For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.
27And God created man to his own image; to the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them.
11“You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you have created all things, and they became and were created because of your will.”
9and to enlighten everyone concerning the dispensation of the mystery, hidden before the ages in God who created all things, 10so that the manifold wisdom of God may become well-known to the principalities and powers in the heavens, through the Church,
16For in him was created everything in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and in him.
28And God blessed them, and he said, “Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
14He gave himself for our sake, so that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and might cleanse for himself an acceptable people, pursuers of good works.
13Let us all listen together to the end of the discourse. Fear God, and observe his commandments. This is everything for man.
36For from him, and through him, and in him are all things. To him is glory, for all eternity. Amen.
12To them, it was revealed that they were ministering, not for themselves, but for you those things which have now been announced to you through those who have preached the Gospel to you, through the Holy Spirit, who was sent down from heaven to the One upon whom the Angels desire to gaze.
6And so, be humbled under the powerful hand of God, so that he may exalt you in the time of visitation. 7Cast all your cares upon him, for he takes care of you.
15Thus, the Lord God brought the man, and put him into the Paradise of enjoyment, so that it would be attended and preserved by him.