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Genesis 1:26

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26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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Arcana Coelestia #53

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53. Verse 27 And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him. 'Image' is mentioned twice here for the reason that faith, which resides in the understanding, is called 'His own image', while love, which resides in the will, is called 'the image of God'. The latter comes second in a spiritual man but first in a celestial man.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Jeremiah 10:12

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12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.