Just as a good son is occasionally identified with his father, and as the conduct of a governing official occasionally shows forth something of the majesty of his prince, so too Adam was created in God’s image. The appearance of pagans who came to believe in Christ changed to such an extent that Paul wrote to the Ephesians, “But that is not the way you learned Christ!—assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to
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