James 3:9

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James 3:9 (WEB)
With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.

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Cyril of Jerusalem

Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 15
“At that time God said, let us make man after our image and after our likeness.” — editor's note: Gen. i. 26. “The ancient Church very accurately distinguished between εἰκών (image) and ὁμοίωσις (likeness), and the Greek Church does the same in its…
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Jerome

Jerome, Letters Letter 51
“For, after a somewhat discursive account of the human tongue, he has gone on to say of it: “It is an unruly evil…therewith bless we God, even the Father and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.”” — editor's note: Jas. iii. 8, 9.
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