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“Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness. . . .’ So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:26, 27, NRSV).
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“Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine” (Exodus 19:5, KJV).
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“ ‘I [God] will establish my covenant between me and you [Abraham] and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you’ ” (Genesis 17:7, RSV).
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“Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world” (Matthew 28:20, KJV).
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“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priest-hood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvel-ous light” (1 Peter 2:9, KJV).
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“ ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself’ ” (Exodus 19:4, RSV).
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“Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments” (Deuteronomy 7:9, NIV).
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“Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant” (Exodus 31:16, KJV).
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“ ‘Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah’ ” (Jeremiah 31:31, RSV).
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“Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance” (Hebrews 9:15, RSV).
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“But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith” (Galatians 3:11, KJV).
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“ ‘I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly’ ” (John 10:10, KJV).