Bearing The Image

Igitur sicut portavimus imaginem illius terreni, portemus et imaginem hujus coelestis. Hoc est, sicut formam habuimus mortalitatis per peccatum Adae, servi peccati facti: ita et formam habeamus vitae per justitiam salvatoris, facti servi justitiae, non mundi, sed Dei; dum ea agimus, quae immortalitate digna sunt. Ambrosiaster, In Epistolam Beati Pauli Ad Corinthios Primam, Caput XV Source: Migne PL 17.270a-b

Therefore as we have borne the image of the earthly man, let us bear the image of the heavenly man...1 That is, as we had the form of death through the sin of Adam, made servants of sin, thus we should have the form of life through the righteousness of the Saviour, being made servants of righteousness, not of the world, but of God, while we do those things which are worthy of immortality. Ambrosiaster, Commentary On The First Letter of Saint Paul To The Corinthians, Chapter 15 1 1 Cor 15.49