Thisis the bookof the generationsof Adam.In the daywhen Godcreatedman,He madehim in the likenessof God.
Now theseare [the records of] the generationsof Shem,Ham,and Japheth,the sonsof Noah;and sonswere bornto them afterthe flood.
Thisis the accountof the heavensand the earthwhen they were created,in the daythat the LORDGodmadeearthand heaven.
Theseare [the records of] the generationsof Noah.Noahwas a righteousman,blamelessin his time;Noahwalkedwith God.
Adam,Seth,Enosh,
Rememberalso your Creatorin the daysof your youth,beforethe evildayscomeand the yearsdrawnearwhenyou will say,"I havenodelightin them";
"Behold,I have foundonlythis,that Godmademenupright,but they have soughtout manydevices."
The recordof the genealogyof Jesusthe Messiah,the sonof David,the sonof Abraham:
For a manoughtnot to have his headcovered,since he is the imageand gloryof God;but the womanis the gloryof man.
But we all,with unveiledface,beholding as in a mirrorthe gloryof the Lord,are being transformedinto the sameimagefrom gloryto glory,justas from the Lord,the Spirit.
and puton the newself,which in [the likeness of] Godhas been createdin righteousnessand holinessof the truth.
and have puton the new selfwho is being renewedto a true knowledgeaccordingto the imageof the One who createdhim--
And He is the radianceof His gloryand the exact representationof His nature,and upholdsall thingsby the wordof His power.When He had madepurificationof sins,He sat downat the right handof the Majestyon high,
Furthermore,we hadearthlyfathersto disciplineus, and we respectedthem; shall we not muchratherbe subjectto the Fatherof spirits,and live?
