Gen. 1:27. [R. V.] God made man in his own image, in the image of God made he him: male and female made he them.
138. In what did the image of God in man consist?
In true wisdom, righteousness and holiness, peace and joy.
Eph. 4:24. Put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and holiness.
139. What benefit did the human body have from the image of God?
Perfect health, immortality, and a life free from care in Paradise.
140. Did our first parents remain innocent and without sin?
No; they sinned and lost the image of God, and thus sin and death entered into the world.
Gen. 2:17. In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.