Almighty … not wishing to spoil (invalidate) his own handiwork AcPlCor 2:12. The account of the creation (Gen 1:26) is interpreted w. ref. to regeneration, and the Christians speak of themselves as τὸ καλὸν πλ. ἡμῶν our beautiful creation B 6:12. The words φθορεῖς πλάσματος θεοῦ 20:2 need not be understood fr. this as a background; as the parallel D 5:2 shows, it comes fr. a different complex of ideas. Beside φονεῖς τέκνων it could mean those who destroy what God has formed in the womb,