Colossians 1:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;

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  • Heb 1:3 : 3 Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;
  • John 14:9 : 9 Jesus said to him, Philip, have I been with you all this time, and still you have no knowledge of me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say, Let us see the Father?
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.
  • John 1:14 : 14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
  • John 1:1 : 1 From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.
  • Rev 3:14 : 14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order:
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now to the King eternal, ever-living, unseen, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. So be it.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 2:6 : 6 To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;
  • Ezek 1:26-28 : 26 And on the top of the arch which was over their heads was the form of a king's seat, like a sapphire stone; and on the form of the seat was the form of a man seated on it on high. 27 And I saw it coloured like electrum, with the look of fire in it and round it, going up from what seemed to be the middle of his body; and going down from what seemed to be the middle of his body I saw what was like fire, and there was a bright light shining round him. 28 Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the glory of the Lord was like. And when I saw it I went down on my face, and the voice of one talking came to my ears.
  • Ps 89:27 : 27 And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.
  • Prov 8:29-31 : 29 When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth: 30 Then I was by his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times; 31 Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.
  • Col 1:13 : 13 Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;
  • Col 1:16-17 : 16 For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him; 17 He is before all things, and in him all things have being.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only has life for ever, living in light to which no man may come near; whom no man has seen or is able to see: to whom be honour and power for ever. So be it.
  • Heb 1:6 : 6 And again, when he is sending his only Son into the world, he says, Let all the angels of God give him worship.
  • Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen.
  • Exod 24:10 : 10 And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens.
  • John 3:16 : 16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
  • John 15:24 : 24 If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.

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    16 For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him;

    17 He is before all things, and in him all things have being.

    18 And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.

    19 For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;

    20 Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.

  • John 1:1-4
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    1 From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

    2 This Word was from the first in relation with God.

    3 All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.

    4 What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.

  • Heb 1:1-3
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    1 In times past the word of God came to our fathers through the prophets, in different parts and in different ways;

    2 But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;

    3 Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;

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    9 And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

    10 So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,

  • John 1:18
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    18 No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

  • John 1:9-10
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    9 The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

    10 He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.

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    9 For in him all the wealth of God's being has a living form,

  • Rom 1:19-20
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    19 Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them.

    20 For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:

  • Col 1:13-14
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    13 Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;

    14 In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

  • John 1:14-15
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    14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

    15 John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

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    1 That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

    2 (And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);

  • 1 Pet 1:20
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    20 Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,

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    26 The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints,

    27 To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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    1 At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

  • Phil 2:6
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    6 To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;

  • Heb 1:5-6
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    5 To which of the angels did God say at any time, You are my Son, this day I have given you being? or, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son?

    6 And again, when he is sending his only Son into the world, he says, Let all the angels of God give him worship.

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    3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

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    18 Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

  • Eph 1:19-21
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    19 And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power,

    20 By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven,

    21 Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:

  • Eph 1:23
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    23 Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.

  • Rev 1:5
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    5 And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;

  • Rom 8:29
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    29 Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:

  • 1 Cor 8:6
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    6 There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.

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

  • Eph 1:12
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    12 So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:

  • Eph 1:10
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    10 The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,

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    6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

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    15 From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

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    3 In whom are all the secret stores of wisdom and knowledge.

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    10 You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands: