Verse 17

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

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  • 1 Cor 8:6 : 6 Yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom all things come and for whom we exist; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things were made and through whom we live.
  • John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.
  • Rev 1:8 : 8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, the One who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
  • Col 1:15 : 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
  • Prov 8:22-23 : 22 The LORD created me at the beginning of His work, the first of His acts of old. 23 From eternity I was established, from the beginning, before the origins of the earth.
  • Isa 44:6 : 6 This is what the LORD, the King of Israel and His Redeemer, the LORD of Hosts, says: 'I am the first, and I am the last; apart from Me, there is no God.'
  • John 1:1-3 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not a single thing came into being that has come into existence.
  • Isa 43:11-13 : 11 I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from Me there is no Savior. 12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. You are My witnesses,' declares the LORD, 'that I am God.' 13 Even from eternity I am He; none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?
  • John 17:5 : 5 And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
  • Acts 17:28 : 28 For in him we live and move and have our being, as some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.'
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. Then He placed His right hand on me and said, 'Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last,
  • Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
  • Ps 75:3 : 3 When I choose the appointed time, I will judge with fairness.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 Therefore, he will give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth, and the rest of his brothers will return to join the children of Israel.
  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 'He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap to sit with nobles and inherit a seat of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; upon them He has set the world.'
  • John 5:17-18 : 17 But Jesus answered them, 'My Father is working until now, and I too am working.' 18 Because of this, the Jews were all the more determined to kill Him, not only because He was breaking the Sabbath, but also because He was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
  • Rev 1:11 : 11 saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
  • Rev 2:8 : 8 To the angel of the church in Smyrna, write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who was dead and came to life: