Colossians 1:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 8:6 : 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.
  • John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.
  • Rev 1:8 : 8 I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all.
  • Col 1:15 : 15 Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;
  • 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;
  • Prov 8:22-23 : 22 The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past. 23 From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.
  • Isa 44:6 : 6 The Lord, the King of Israel, even the Lord of armies who has taken up his cause, says, I am the first and the last, and there is no God but me.
  • John 1:1-3 : 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.
  • Isa 43:11-13 : 11 I, even I, am the Lord; and there is no saviour but me. 12 I gave the word, and made it clear, and there was no strange god among you: for this reason you are my witnesses, says the Lord. 13 From time long past I am God, and from this day I am he: there is no one who is able to take you out of my hand: when I undertake a thing, by whom will my purpose be changed?
  • John 17:5 : 5 And now, Father, let me have glory with you, even that glory which I had with you before the world was.
  • Acts 17:28 : 28 For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one;
  • Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.
  • Ps 75:3 : 3 When the earth and all its people become feeble, I am the support of its pillars. (Selah.)
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 For this cause he will give them up till the time when she who is with child has given birth: then the rest of his brothers will come back to the children of Israel.
  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.
  • John 5:17-18 : 17 But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working. 18 For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.
  • Rev 1:11 : 11 Saying, What you see, put in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
  • Rev 2:8 : 8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna say: These things says the first and the last, who was dead and is living:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Col 1:15-16
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    15 Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;

    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;

  • John 1:1-4
    4 verses
    84%

    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.

  • Col 1:18-20
    3 verses
    84%

    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.

  • Heb 1:1-3
    3 verses
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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;

  • 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 1:20-23
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    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:

    22 And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,

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

  • Rom 11:36
    75%

    36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.

  • Eph 3:9
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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;

  • John 1:10
    74%

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

  • Col 2:9-10
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    9 For in him all the wealth of God's being has a living form,

    10 And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:

  • Eph 1:10
    74%

    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,

  • John 1:15
    73%

    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.

  • Heb 1:10
    73%

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

  • Gen 1:1
    71%

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

  • Heb 11:3
    71%

    3 By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be.

  • 1 Cor 1:30
    71%

    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:

  • 1 John 1:1
    71%

    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

  • Eph 1:3
    71%

    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:

  • 2 Cor 1:20
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    20 For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.

  • 1 Cor 15:27-28
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    27 For, as it says, He has put all things under his feet. But when he says, All things are put under him, it is clear that it is not said about him who put all things under him.

    28 And when all things have been put under him, then will the Son himself be under him who put all things under him, so that God may be all in all.

  • Rom 1:20
    70%

    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:

  • 1 Pet 1:20
    70%

    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,

  • Eph 4:6
    70%

    6 One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

  • John 1:30
    70%

    30 This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.

  • Eph 3:11
    70%

    11 Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord:

  • Luke 1:1
    70%

    1 As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

  • Col 2:3
    70%

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

  • Eph 4:10
    70%

    10 He who went down is the same who went up far over all the heavens so that he might make all things complete.)

  • Heb 4:13
    70%

    13 And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  • Heb 3:4
    70%

    4 For every house has a builder; but the builder of all things is God.

  • 2 Pet 1:3
    69%

    3 Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;

  • Heb 13:8
    69%

    8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.

  • Eph 1:17
    69%

    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;

  • Heb 2:10
    69%

    10 Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation complete through pain.

  • 1 Cor 1:5
    69%

    5 So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;

  • Eph 1:8
    69%

    8 Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;

  • 2 Cor 5:18
    69%

    18 But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;