Why God Created Man

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.

To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they ministered these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ — read the full passage →

God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

For, “He put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when he says, “All things are put in subjection”, it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him. — read the full passage →

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;

With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you. — read the full passage →

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

“In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. — read the full passage →

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!”

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,