"Then
God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule
over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all
the earth, [a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground." So
God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and
female he created them." (Genesis 1:26-27)
"This
righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.
There is no difference, 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,"
(Romans 3:22-23)
"Therefore,
just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this
way death came to all men, because all sinned..." (Romans 5:12)
"For
the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[a] Christ Jesus
our Lord." (Romans 6:23)
"As
for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2in which you used to
live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom
of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3All of
us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature[a]
and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects
of wrath." (Ephesians 2:1-3)
"So
I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as
the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18They are darkened in their
understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that
is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19Having lost all sensitivity,
they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of
impurity, with a continual lust for more." (Ephesians 4:17-19)
