By no means; but God created man good, [23] and after his own image, [24] in true righteousness and holiness, that he might rightly know God his Creator, heartily love him and live with him in eternal happiness to glorify and praise him. [25]

[23] Gen. 1:31.

[24] Gen. 1:26, 27.

[25] Col. 3:9, 10; Eph. 4:23, 24; 2:Cor. 3:18.