Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Westminster Assembly

Question 10

How did God create man?

God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.a

How did God create man?

God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.a

  1. a. Genesis 1:26–28; Colossians 3:10; Ephesians 4:24

    Genesis 1:26–28

    1:26 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. 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

    1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it." 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 1:28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth."

    Colossians 3:10

    3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

    3:10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

    Ephesians 4:24

    4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

    4:24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

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Diff style

Changes in The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 13

No change, but in spelling and punctuation.

No change, but in spelling and punctuation.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 13

How did God create man?

God created man, male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 10

How did God create man?

God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 13

How did God create man?

God created man, male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 13

How did God create man?

God created man, male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

Westminster Shorter Catechism (modernized) (1647), Question 10

How did God create man?

God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 13

How did God create man?

God created man, male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

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Westminster Larger Catechism (1647), parallel to this question

Question 17

How did God create man?

After God had made all other creatures, he created man male and female; formed the body of the man of the dust of the ground, and the woman of the rib of the man, endued them with living, reasonable, and immortal souls; made them after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness,and holiness; having the law of God written in their hearts, and power to fulfil it, and dominion over the creatures; yet subject to fall.

Commentaries (10)

  • Hugh Binning, 1659, The Common Principles of the Christian Religion

    Gen. 1. 26, 27. And God said, Let us make man after our own Image, with Eph. 4. 24. and Heb. 3. 10. While we descend from the meditation of the glory of God shining in the…

    Hugh Binning’s text
  • Joseph Alleine, 1672, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism

    How did God create man? God created man male and female after his own Image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the Creatures.

    Joseph Alleine’s text
  • Thomas Lye, 1672, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions

    How did God create Man? God created Man, Male, and Female, after his own Image, in knowledg, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

    Thomas Lye’s text
  • Thomas Vincent, 1673, An Explicatory Catechism

    How did God Create man? God Created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge righteousness and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

    Thomas Vincent’s text
  • 1675, An Explicatory Catechism

    How did God Create man? God Created man Male and Female after his own Image, in knowledge, righteousness and true holiness, with dominion over the Creatures.

    Its text
  • John Flavel, 1692, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism

    How did God create Man? God created Man Male and Female, after his own Image, in Knowledge, Righteousness, and Holiness, with dominion over the Creatures.

    John Flavel’s text
  • Thomas Watson, 1692, A Body of Practical Divinity

    Quest. VII. What are the Decrees of God? The Decrees of God are his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his own will, whereby for his own glory he hath foreordained…

    Thomas Watson’s text
  • Matthew Henry, 1703, A Scripture Catechism

    How did God Create Man? God created Man Male and Female after his Image, in Knowledge, Righteousness, and Holiness, with Dominion over the Creatures.

    Matthew Henry’s text
  • Alexander Whyte, 1883, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism

    God created man—As if to mark off and signalize the creation of man from that of all the other creatures, there is a striking change in the manner in which the sixth day’s work is…

    Alexander Whyte’s text
  • Benjamin Beddome, 1752, A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism

    On The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 13, which adapts this question

    Were there any men before Adam? No. He was the first man, Did God create man male and female? Yes. Male and female created he them, Was man made after the image of God? Yes. God…

    Benjamin Beddome’s text