Colossians 1:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

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  • 1 Cor 8:6 : 6 Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through Him we live.
  • John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am.
  • Col 1:15 : 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation:
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 Who being the brightness of His glory, and the exact image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
  • Rev 1:8 : 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, says the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
  • Isa 44:6 : 6 Thus says the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
  • Prov 8:22-23 : 22 The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth was.
  • Isa 43:11-13 : 11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside Me, there is no savior. 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shown, when there was no strange god among you: therefore you are My witnesses, says the LORD, that I am God. 13 Yes, before the day was, I am He; and there is none who can deliver out of My hand: I will work, and who shall hinder it?
  • John 17:5 : 5 And now, O Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was.
  • Acts 17:28 : 28 For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as also some of your own poets have said, For we are His offspring.
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand on me, saying to me, Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last:
  • John 1:1-3 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made.
  • Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to me the one who is to be ruler in Israel; whose origins have been from of old, from everlasting.
  • Ps 75:3 : 3 The earth and all its inhabitants dissolve; I bear up its pillars. Selah.
  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 He raises up the poor from the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ashes, to set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.
  • Rev 2:8 : 8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life;
  • Rev 1:11 : 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

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    15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation:

    16 For by him all things were created, that are in heaven, and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him and for him:

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

    2 The same was in the beginning with God.

    3 All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made.

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

  • Col 1:18-20
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    18 And 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.

    19 For it pleased the Father that in him all fullness should dwell;

    20 And having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things to himself; by him, I say, whether things on earth, or things in heaven.

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    1 God, who at various times and in different manners spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets,

    2 Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;

    3 Who being the brightness of His glory, and the exact image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

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    6 Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through Him we live.

  • Eph 1:20-23
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    22 And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,

    23 Which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

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    36 For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

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

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    9 For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

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

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    10 That in the dispensation of the fullness of times, He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth, even in Him:

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    15 John bore witness of him, and cried out, saying, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me.

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    10 And, You, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Your hands:

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

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    3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

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    20 For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

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    20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

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

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    30 This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.

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    11 According to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

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    3 In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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    10 He who descended is the same also who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

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    4 For every house is built by someone; but He who built all things is God.

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    3 According to his divine power, he has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to glory and virtue:

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    8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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    17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him:

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    10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

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    5 That in everything you are enriched by him, in all speech, and in all knowledge;

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    8 Which He has lavished on us in all wisdom and understanding;

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    18 And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;

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