Colossians 1:17

World English Bible (2000)

He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

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  • 1 Cor 8:6 : 6 yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
  • John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."
  • Rev 1:8 : 8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
  • Col 1:15 : 15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
  • Prov 8:22-23 : 22 "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
  • Isa 44:6 : 6 This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: "I am the first, and I am the last; and besides 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 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.
  • Isa 43:11-13 : 11 I myself am Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior. 12 I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown; and there was no strange god among you. Therefore you are my witnesses," says Yahweh, "and I am God. 13 Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?"
  • John 17:5 : 5 Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which 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 like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't 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 The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's. He has set the world on them.
  • John 5:17-18 : 17 But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too." 18 For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
  • Rev 1:11 : 11 saying, "What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."
  • Rev 2:8 : 8 "To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: "The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:

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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. Without him was not anything made that has been made.

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

  • Col 1:18-20
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    18 He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

    19 For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;

    20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.

  • Heb 1:1-3
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    1 God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,

    2 has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

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

  • Eph 1:20-23
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    20 which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

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

    22 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,

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

  • Eph 3:9
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    9 and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;

  • John 1:10
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    10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him.

  • Col 2:9-10
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    9 For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,

    10 and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;

  • Eph 1:10
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    10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;

  • John 1:15
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    15 John testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'"

  • Heb 1:10
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    10 And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.

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

  • Heb 11:3
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    3 By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

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

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

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

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    20 For however many are the promises of God, in him is the "Yes." Therefore also through him is the "Amen," to the glory of God through us.

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  • Rom 1:20
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    20 For 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.

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

  • Eph 4:6
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    6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

  • John 1:30
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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.'

  • Eph 3:11
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    11 according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;

  • Luke 1:1
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    1 Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,

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

  • Eph 4:10
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    10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

  • Heb 4:13
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    13 There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  • Heb 3:4
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    4 For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.

  • 2 Pet 1:3
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    3 seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;

  • Heb 13:8
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    8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

  • 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;

  • Heb 2:10
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    10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

  • 1 Cor 1:5
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    5 that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;

  • Eph 1:8
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    8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

  • 2 Cor 5:18
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    18 But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;