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The Meaning of God's Image
Commentators explain that being created 'in the image of God' is not primarily about physical appearance. It refers to the spiritual qualities that make humans unique: reason, a will aligned with God's, moral purity, and the capacity for relationship with Him. This divine image, though marred by the Fall, is the foundation of human dignity and our ability to represent God's rule on earth.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 1:24–31
18th Century
Theologian
24. בהמה behēmâh — “cattle; dumb, tame beasts.”
רמשׂ remeś — “creeping (small or low) animals…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 1:1–31
19th Century
Bishop
EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM.
Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Ge…
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 1:26–28
19th Century
Preacher
God evidently meant the two persons, male and female, to complete the human being, and the fullness of human nature lies in them both. The earth is…
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John Calvin
On Genesis 1:27
16th Century
Theologian
So God created man. The reiterated mention of the image of God is not a vain repetition. For it is a remarkable instance of the Divine goo…
John Gill
On Genesis 1:27
17th Century
Pastor
So God created man in his own image
Which consisted both in the form of his body, and the erect stature of it, different from …
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 1:26–28
17th Century
Minister
Man was made last of all the creatures; this was both an honor and a favor to him. Yet man was made the same day that the beasts were; his body was…