²⁶ Then God said, “^[a]Let ^(A)Us make ^(B)mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and ^[b]let them ^(C)rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.”

²⁷ So God created man ^(A)in His own image, in the image of God He created him; ^(B)male and female He created them.

²² but it is the ^(A)righteousness of God through ^(B)faith ^(C)in Jesus Christ for ^(D)all those ^[a]who believe; for ^(E)there is no distinction,

²³ for all ^[a](A)have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

¹² Therefore, just as through ^(A)one man sin entered into the world, and ^(B)death through sin, and ^(C)so death spread to all mankind, because all sinned—

¹² remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, ^[a](A)excluded from ^[b]the people of Israel, and strangers to ^(B)the covenants of the promise, having ^(C)no hope and ^(D)without God in the world.