Colossians 1:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation,

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  • Heb 1:3 : 3 who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might -- through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,
  • John 14:9 : 9 Jesus saith to him, `So long time am I with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? he who hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how dost thou say, Shew to us the Father?
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;
  • John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.
  • John 1:18 : 18 God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare.
  • 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 messenger of the assembly of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the witness -- the faithful and true -- the chief of the creation of God;
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 and to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only wise God, `is' honour and glory -- to the ages of the ages! Amen.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 because `it is' God who said, Out of darkness light `is' to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 2:6 : 6 who, being in the form of God, thought `it' not robbery to be equal to God,
  • Ezek 1:26-28 : 26 And above the expanse that `is' over their head, as an appearance of a sapphire stone, `is' the likeness of a throne, and on the likeness of the throne a likeness, as the appearance of man upon it from above. 27 And I see as the colour of copper, 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 have seen as the appearance of fire, and brightness `is' to it round about. 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in a cloud in a day of rain, so `is' the appearance of the brightness round about.
  • Ps 89:27 : 27 I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.
  • Prov 8:29-31 : 29 In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth, 30 Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight -- day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times, 31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights `are' with the sons of men.
  • Col 1:13 : 13 who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate `us' into the reign of the Son of His love,
  • Col 1:16-17 : 16 because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created, 17 and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom `is' honour and might age-during! Amen.
  • Heb 1:6 : 6 and when again He may bring in the first-born to the world, He saith, `And let them bow before him -- all messengers of God;'
  • Heb 11:27 : 27 by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One -- he endured;
  • Exod 24:10 : 10 and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet `is' as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity;
  • John 3:16 : 16 for God did so love the world, that His Son -- the only begotten -- He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
  • John 15:24 : 24 if I did not do among them the works that no other hath done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father;

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    16because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

    17and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.

    18And himself is the head of the body -- the assembly -- who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all `things' -- himself -- first,

    19because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,

    20and through him to reconcile the all things to himself -- having made peace through the blood of his cross -- through him, whether the things upon the earth, whether the 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;

    2this one was in the beginning with God;

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  • Heb 1:1-3
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    1In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets,

    2in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;

    3who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might -- through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

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    9and to cause all to see what `is' the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ,

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    18God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare.

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    9because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

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    19Because that which is known of God is manifest among them, for God did manifest `it' to them,

    20for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead -- to their being inexcusable;

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    13who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate `us' into the reign of the Son of His love,

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    30and of Him ye -- ye are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption,

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    14And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

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    20foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,

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    26the secret that hath been hid from the ages and from the generations, but now was manifested to his saints,

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    6who, being in the form of God, thought `it' not robbery to be equal to God,

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    3Blessed `is' the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

  • Jas 1:18
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    18having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

  • Eph 1:19-21
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    19and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,

    20which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set `him' at His right hand in the heavenly `places',

    21far above all principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one;

  • Eph 1:23
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    23which is his body, the fulness of Him who is filling the all in all,

  • Rev 1:5
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    29because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

  • 1 Cor 8:6
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    6yet to us `is' one God, the Father, of whom `are' the all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom `are' the all things, and we through Him;

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

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    12for our being to the praise of His glory, `even' those who did first hope in the Christ,

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    10in regard to the dispensation of the fulness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth -- in him;

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    6to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

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    15of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,

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    3in whom are all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge hid,

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    10and, `Thou, at the beginning, Lord, the earth didst found, and a work of thy hands are the heavens;