Genesis 2:7
Then the LORD God shaped the man out of dust from the ground. He breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Treated in 17 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Deity of the Holy Spirit cites Genesis 2:7
…through his Spirit who dwells in you .” In the description of the creation of man in Genesis 2:7, “Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils…
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
The Deity of the Holy Spirit and the Distinction Between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit cites Genesis 2:7
…to the operation of the Holy Spirit in the first book in the Bible, where we read in Genesis 2:7: "And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils…
- The Holy Spirit, or Power from on High ·
The Breath of God cites Genesis ii. 7
…and breathed into his nostrils the breath of lives; and man became a living soul.” — Genesis ii. 7. “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not…
- A Short and Easy Method of Prayer ·
Prayer as Noble Action cites Gen. ii. 7
…His likeness (Gen. i. 26). He gave to us the Spirit of the Word by the breath of life (Gen. ii. 7), which He breathed into us when we were created in the image of God, by the…
- The Key Teachings of C. S. Lewis ·
The Problem of Pain cites GENESIS 2:7
…ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. GENESIS 2:7 The second is a matter of tone. The Problem of Pain is clear and confident, and twenty…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit as Revealed in His Names cites Genesis 2:7
…he breathed on them and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit.” It is also suggested in Genesis 2:7, “Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Work of the Holy Spirit in the Material Universe cites Genesis 2:7
…through the agency of the Holy Spirit. We see the process carried still further in Genesis 2:7, “then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 1, Chapter 15 — State in Which Man Was Created cites Gen. 2:7
…to revive. Because it is said that God breathed into man’s nostrils the breath of life (Gen. 2:7), they thought that the soul was a transmission of the substance of God; as if some…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
April cites Gen. ii. 7
…ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen. ii. 7. And so this soul of mine is a compound of two worlds—dust and deity! It touches the…
- Real Questions – Book 2 ·
Can a Computer Ever Have a Soul? cites Genesis 2:7
…and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being” (Genesis 2:7). Our life and our worth come from God’s breath and God’s choice, not from our abilities.…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites Gen 2: 7
…of the dust, but the soul is of a more noble origin. God breathed into man a living soul. Gen 2: 7. (1) The soul is excellent in its nature. It is a spiritual being, ‘it is a kind of…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 14 — How Two Natures Constitute the Person of the Mediator cites Gen. 2:7
…from God, from its being said, that he breathed into Adam’s nostrils the breath of life (Gen. 2:7). For they lay such stress on the name of Son that they leave no distinction between the…
- The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee ·
Spirit, Soul and Body cites Genesis 2:7
…spirit; and man became a living soul — the personality produced by the union of the two (Genesis 2:7). At the fall, he argued, the spirit died in the sense that it lost its communication…
- The Big Story ·
The God Who Speaks cites Genesis 2:7
…and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being” (Genesis 2:7). Notice how personal that is. Dust and breath. We are made from the same stuff as the…
- Things as They Are ·
Though ye know Him not cites Gen. ii. 7
…God." It sounds terribly irreverent, but he did not for a moment mean it so. Go back to Gen. ii. 7, and try to define the meaning of the words, "the breath of life," and you will, if you…
- With and Without Christ ·
Christians without Christ cites Gen. ii. 7
…of prayer. When God breathed into Adam the breath of life he became a “living soul” (Gen. ii. 7), but by sin that soul became dead; so it becomes necessary that the Lord should again…
- At the Master's Feet ·
Prayer cites Gen. ii.7
…so pours His Holy Spirit into the life of the prayerful that they become “living souls” (Gen. ii.7; John xx.22). They will never die, for the Holy Spirit pours Himself by means of prayer…