一、父神、子神和圣灵（罗11:36；林前8:6；来1:2；约1:2-3；创1:2；伯33:4）为了彰显祂永恒的能力、智慧和良善的荣耀（罗1:20；耶10:12；诗104:24；33:5），就乐意在起初创造、或于从无中造了世界和其中的一切有形无形之物，在六日内做成、并都甚好（创1:1-31；诗33:6；来11:3；西1:16；徒17:24；出20:11）。

It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for the manifestation of the glory of His eternal power, wisdom, and goodness, in the beginning, to create or make of nothing the world, and all things therein, whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days, and all very good.

二、神造了所有其他受造物以后，就造男造女（创1:27），具有理性和不朽的灵魂（创2:7；传12:7；路23:43；太10:28），又按祂自己的形像被赋予知识、公义和真正的圣洁（创1:26；西3:10；弗4:24），并有神的律法写在他们心中（罗2:14-15），且有履行律法的能力（创2:17；传7:29）；但他们也有可能违反，因为他们被允许有自由按自己的意志行事，而这意志是会改变的（创3:6,17）。除了这写在他们心中的律法，他们还领受了不可吃分别善恶树上果子的命令；只要他们遵守，就能在与神相交、以此为乐（创2:17；2:15-3:24），并且统管一切受造物（创1:28；1:29-30；诗8:6-8）。（译注：1、准确地说，神所造的人「是身体，是灵魂」，而不是人「有身体、有灵魂」。2、人里面神的形象，是知识、公义和圣洁，分别属于理性、意志和心灵的范畴。堕落之后，虽然还有理性、意志和良心，但已经失去了知识、公义和圣洁。）

After God had made all other creatures, He created man, male and female, with reasonable and immortal souls, endued with knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness after His own image, having the law of God written in their hearts, and power to fulfill it; and yet under a possibility of transgressing, being left to the liberty of their own will, which was subject unto change. Besides this law written in their hearts, they received a command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; which while they kept were happy in their communion with God, and had dominion over the creatures.