²⁶ Then God said, ^(A)“Let us make man^[a] in our image, ^(B)after our likeness. And ^(C)let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

²⁸ And God blessed them. And God said to them, ^(E)“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

¹² Therefore, just as ^(A)sin came into the world through one man, and ^(B)death through sin, and ^(C)so death spread to all men^[a] because ^(D)all sinned—

²² the righteousness of God ^(A)through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. ^(B)For there is no distinction: ²³ for ^(C)all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

By Grace Through Faith

2 ^(A)And you were ^(B)dead in the trespasses and sins ^2 (C)in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following ^(D)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in ^(E)the sons of disobedience— ³ among whom we all once lived in ^(F)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body^[a] and the mind, and ^(G)were by nature ^(H)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.^[b]

¹² remember ^(A)that you were at that time separated from Christ, ^(B)alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to ^(C)the covenants of promise, ^(D)having no hope and without God in the world.

¹⁰ For if ^(A)while we were enemies ^(B)we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by ^(C)his life.

^23 (A)For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

²⁰ For the creation ^(A)was subjected to futility, not willingly, but ^(B)because of him who subjected it, in hope ²¹ that ^(C)the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. ²² For we know that ^(D)the whole creation ^(E)has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. ²³ And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have ^(F)the firstfruits of the Spirit, ^(G)groan inwardly as ^(H)we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, ^(I)the redemption of our bodies.

^2 (A)He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but ^(B)also for the sins of the whole world.