Verse from 1 John

“亲爱的，神既然这样爱我们，我们也应当彼此相爱。”

约翰壹书 4:11 

“Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”

1 John 4:11 

What does it mean that we are made in God’s image? We are like Him because we possess emotions, intellect, will, and conscience. We are also designed for relationship. 

In John 17:5 Jesus prayed, “And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.” This shared glory speaks of the eternal relationship between Christ and the Father. 

Just as there is relationship within the Godhead, we are made for relationship both with God and with one another. Being created in His image means we are not intended to live in isolation.