Why God Created Man

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

Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.

and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things; — read the full passage →

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

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

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

To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth 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 only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

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

that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us:

No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you.

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

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →

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

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

to wit, that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.

By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

For, He put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he saith, All things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is excepted who did subject all things unto 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:

and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:

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

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them.

And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you. — read the full passage →

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

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto 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 foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, every one whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain.

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

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and so shall ye be my disciples.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. — read the full passage →

This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

And every created thing which is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all things that are in them, heard I saying, Unto him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, for ever and ever.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;