21 Bible Verses about image

And power was granted him to give breath to the statue of the Wild Beast, so that the statue of the Wild Beast could even speak and cause all who refuse to worship it to be put to death.

Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and Lord of all creation.

They brought one; and He asked them, "Whose is this likeness and this inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied.

And as we have borne a resemblance to the earthy one, let us see to it that we also bear a resemblance to the heavenly One.

and have clothed yourselves with the new self which is being remoulded into full knowledge so as to become like Him who created it.

He brightly reflects God's glory and is the exact representation of His being, and upholds the universe by His all-powerful word. After securing man's purification from sin He took His seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

with that new and better self which has been created to resemble God in the righteousness and holiness which come from the truth.

and, instead of worshipping the imperishable God, they worshipped images resembling perishable man or resembling birds or beasts or reptiles.

And all of us, with unveiled faces, reflecting like bright mirrors the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same likeness, from one degree of radiant holiness to another, even as derived from the Lord the Spirit.

For, since the Law exhibits only an outline of the blessings to come and not a perfect representation of the things themselves, the priests can never, by repeating the same sacrifices which they continually offer year after year, give complete freedom from sin to those who draw near.

With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in God's likeness.

For those whom He has known beforehand He has also pre-destined to bear the likeness of His Son, that He might be the Eldest in a vast family of brothers;

Since then we are God's offspring, we ought not to imagine that His nature resembles gold or silver or marble, or anything sculptured by the art and inventive faculty of man.

For a man ought not to have a veil on his head, since he is the image and glory of God; while woman is the glory of man.

"Whose likeness and inscription," He asked, "is this?"

And his power of leading astray the inhabitants of the earth is due to the marvels which he has been permitted to work in the presence of the Wild Beast. And he told the inhabitants of the earth to erect a statue to the Wild Beast who had received the sword-stroke and yet had recovered.