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Originally Posted by Timmy
So there's a difference between "image of" and "express image of"? Adam and Eve were in the ordinary image of God?
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"image" is defined as "resemblance or likeness". That seems to be what Paul is implying in
Ephesians 4:24 - our being created in righteousness and true holiness. That would suggest we were made to have attributes of God.
"express image" has a deeper meaning - "charakter" - to impress upon, or stamp. It refers to an engraving tool. IOW, what is made is a precise replication of the tool.
Jesus is God's "only" begotten. We were adopted, Jesus was begotten. The difference between "image" and "express image".
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