Colossians 1:15

American Standard Version (1901)

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

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  • Heb 1:3 : 3 who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
  • John 14:9 : 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn [upon them] .
  • John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him] .
  • John 1:1 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
  • Rev 3:14 : 14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, [be] honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 2:6 : 6 who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,
  • Ezek 1:26-28 : 26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above. 27 And I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him. 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
  • Ps 89:27 : 27 I also will make him [my] first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.
  • Prov 8:29-31 : 29 When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth; 30 Then I was by him, [as] a master workman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him, 31 Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.
  • Col 1:13 : 13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;
  • Col 1:16-17 : 16 for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him; 17 and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honor and power eternal. Amen.
  • Heb 1:6 : 6 And when he again bringeth in the firstborn into the world he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
  • Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
  • Exod 24:10 : 10 and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness.
  • John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
  • John 15:24 : 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Col 1:16-20
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    16for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

    17and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

    18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

    19For it was the good pleasure [of the Father] that in him should all the fulness dwell;

    20and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, [I say], whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.

  • John 1:1-4
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    1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

    2The same was in the beginning with God.

    3All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

    4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

  • Heb 1:1-3
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    1God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,

    2hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in [his] Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;

    3who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

  • Eph 3:9-10
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    9and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

    10to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly [places] might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

  • John 1:18
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    18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him] .

  • John 1:9-10
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    9There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

    10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.

  • Col 2:9
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    9for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

  • Rom 1:19-20
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    19because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them.

    20For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, [even] his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

  • Col 1:13-14
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    13who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

    14in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

  • John 1:14-15
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    14And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

    15John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.

  • 1 John 1:1-2
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    1That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life

    2(and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us);

  • 1 Pet 1:20
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    20who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,

  • Col 1:26-27
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    26[ even] the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,

    27to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  • Gen 1:1
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    1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

  • Phil 2:6
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    6who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

  • Heb 1:5-6
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    5For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son?

    6And when he again bringeth in the firstborn into the world he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

  • Eph 1:3
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    3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:

  • Jas 1:18
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    18Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

  • Eph 1:19-21
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    19and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

    20which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places] ,

    21far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

  • Eph 1:23
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    23which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

  • Rev 1:5
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    5and from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

  • Rom 8:29
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    29For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

  • 1 Cor 8:6
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    6yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.

  • Eph 1:17
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    17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

  • Eph 1:12
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    12to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

  • Eph 1:10
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    10unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, [I say],

  • Eph 1:6
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    6to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

  • Eph 3:15
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    15from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

  • Col 2:3
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    3in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.

  • Heb 1:10
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    10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands: