²⁶ Then God said, “Let ^(A)Us make ^(B)man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them ^(C)rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the ^[a]sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” ²⁷ God created man ^(D)in His own image, in the image of God He created him; ^(E)male and female He created them.

The Deity of Jesus Christ

1 ^(A)In the beginning was ^(B)the Word, and the Word was ^(C)with God, and ^(D)the Word was God. ^2 [a]He was in the beginning with God. ^3 (E)All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

^15 [a]He is the ^(A)image of the ^(B)invisible God, the ^(C)firstborn of all creation. ¹⁶ For ^[b](D)by Him all things were created, ^(E)both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^(F)thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—^(G)all things have been created through Him and for Him.

¹⁰ And,