The Descendants of Adam

5 This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings,^[a] he made them to be like himself.

¹⁰ Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.

²⁴ Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.

²⁹ But I did find this: God created people to be virtuous, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path.”

⁹ Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?^[a]

³ The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.

¹⁸ So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.

⁷ A man should not wear anything on his head when worshiping, for man is made in God’s image and reflects God’s glory. And woman reflects man’s glory.